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Poll Watch: 31 Per Cent Say Obama Economic Stimulus Helped The Economy, 27 Per Cent Say Hurt The Economy

June 1, 2009 /
90432184 PORKULUS Watch: Early Road Aid Leaves Out High Unemployment Areas

Ridgway, the seat of Elk County, Pa., is seen nestled amid the green of the Allegheny Mountains, Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Officials and residents of the struggling manufacturing community are learning that they will receive no immediate money from the economic stimulus plan despite the 13.8 percent unemployment rate. Counties suffering the most from job losses are receiving the least help so far from President Barack Obama’s plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found

So says the latest Radmussen Poll.

The question:

So far, has the economic stimulus plan helped the economy, hurt the economy or had no impact on the economy?

  • Helped – 31%
  • Hurt – 27%
  • No Impact – 31%
  • Not Sure – 11%

This approval of Obama’s economic stimulus package is down seven points from when it was first approved in February.

In the meantime, Americans overwhelmingly say former President Bush is too blame for ongoing economic problems.

President Obama contends he inherited the nation’s ongoing economic problems and that his actions since taking office are not to blame. Sixty-two percent (62%) of U.S. voters agree with the president that the problems are due to the recession that began under the Bush administration.

Just 27% of voters say the problems are being caused more by the policies Obama has put in place since taking office, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Ten percent (10%) are not sure which president is more to blame.

However, Americans are growing restless and those numbers will likely change, if by the end of the summer, the economy has not dramtically improved.

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