Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, Delivers Statement to Press TV: 'Obama’s Low Approval Ratings to Impact Elections'
Thu Jun 12, 2014 3:12PM GMT
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A political commentator says President Barack Obama’s low approval ratings will definitely have “an impact on the upcoming elections.”
Obama’s favorability ratings hit the lowest point of his presidency in a Bloomberg National Poll, with just 44 percent of Americans saying they have positive feelings about the president.
The drop in personal popularity has become a broader drag on the public’s perception of Obama’s performance in office.
“Healthcare is one of the major challenges that the administration is facing. The Affordable Care Act has proven to be not so affordable for many of the people who have applied and enrolled in the project,” Abayomi Azikiwe, Detroit-based editor of Pan-African News Wire, told Press TV in a phone interview Thursday.
“The Affordable Care Act is largely geared towards enriching the private insuring industry,” he continued.
Azikiwe also said the issue of “personal privacy” largely affects how people “perceive the Obama administration.”
“The revelation that the National Security Agency is gathering data on many people not only inside the United States but indeed throughout the world and how the government has responded to these concerns has not been adequate.”
He went on to say that Americans are not happy with the state of the US economy six years into Obama’s presidency.
“The economy has not recovered and unemployment still remains a problem.”
Obama’s 44 percent favorability rating is down from his previous low of 46 percent, in December.
Obama’s rating is troubling Democrats only five months before the mid-term elections that will determine which party controls Congress.
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| Abayomi Azikiwe depicted in Press TV graphic. |
presstv.ir
To listen to this statement by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, delivered to Press TV just click on the website below:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/06/12/366649/obamas-low-ratings-to-impact-elections/
A political commentator says President Barack Obama’s low approval ratings will definitely have “an impact on the upcoming elections.”
Obama’s favorability ratings hit the lowest point of his presidency in a Bloomberg National Poll, with just 44 percent of Americans saying they have positive feelings about the president.
The drop in personal popularity has become a broader drag on the public’s perception of Obama’s performance in office.
“Healthcare is one of the major challenges that the administration is facing. The Affordable Care Act has proven to be not so affordable for many of the people who have applied and enrolled in the project,” Abayomi Azikiwe, Detroit-based editor of Pan-African News Wire, told Press TV in a phone interview Thursday.
“The Affordable Care Act is largely geared towards enriching the private insuring industry,” he continued.
Azikiwe also said the issue of “personal privacy” largely affects how people “perceive the Obama administration.”
“The revelation that the National Security Agency is gathering data on many people not only inside the United States but indeed throughout the world and how the government has responded to these concerns has not been adequate.”
He went on to say that Americans are not happy with the state of the US economy six years into Obama’s presidency.
“The economy has not recovered and unemployment still remains a problem.”
Obama’s 44 percent favorability rating is down from his previous low of 46 percent, in December.
Obama’s rating is troubling Democrats only five months before the mid-term elections that will determine which party controls Congress.
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