Washington (CNN) -- As Democrats head into the last throes of the campaign season, the party and the president are facing some of their lowest favorability and approval ratings, respectively, according to two new surveys. President Barack Obama hit his lowest point in the eyes of the public according to that poll, with just 40% of Americans approving of his job performance, the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday shows. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll also released Wednesday handed Obama a similar 42% approval rating. And Obama could be pulling down his party as just 39% of Americans hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, the lowest in modern history according to the Washington Post/ABC News poll.
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Democrats hit a 30-year low in favorability ratings
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A pair of survey released Wednesday show sagging ratings for Democrats and the president.
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The numbers come in the last three weeks of an election where GOP has tried to link Dem. candidates to Obama
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President Obama is facing an all-time low 40% approval mark
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