Poll: 48% ‘Very Positive’ about Obama’s SOTU Speech

CNN:

The 48 percent who indicated they had a very positive response is down 20 points from the 68 percent of speech watchers who felt the same way a year ago about the president’s February 24 prime time address to a joint session of Congress.

“Wednesday night’s State of the Union audience is more Democratic than the nation as a whole, but speech-watchers were less Democratic this year than they were last year,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “That may be one reason why the number who gave his speech a ‘very positive’ rating is lower this year. But part of the reason also may be that speech-watchers didn’t necessarily hear a new agenda and aren’t confident that the president can improve health care or lower the deficit.”

Two-thirds of speech-watchers who were questioned said the president will succeed in improving the economy, with nearly six in 10 saying he’ll succeed in creating jobs. But people who viewed the address were split on whether Obama will be successful in improving health care and reducing the deficit.

According to the poll, speech-watchers are split on whether the address shows that the president will change his administration’s goals, with 49 percent saying the speech is proof Obama will move in a new direction, while 50 percent disagreed.

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