With the polls already open in some battleground states, and just seven days left on the calendar until Election Day, a new survey shows that Americans remain unhappy with the Democratic president and the direction he is taking the country in. In the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll Americans again gave Obama an approval rating, and seven in 10 said they believe the country is on the wrong track. One of the only positive nuggets of news for the president and his party in the new survey is that half of Americans said their vote in the midterms would not be a reflection of their feelings about the president. That bodes well for embattled Democrats whose Republican challengers have promoted their candidacies as referendum on the sinking president.
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Election Day is around the corner and a new survey shows that Americans remain unhappy with the Democratic president
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Americans who think the government is doing a bad job favor Republicans to come in and save the day by nearly a three to one margin
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Democrats still have a shot at winning the midterm elections if they turn out their supporters to the polls in droves
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