By Staff
UTICA, N.Y. – President Barack Obama enjoys a favorable rating from 60 percent of likely voters, as well as modest expectations for how quickly the economy will improve under his administration, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.
"Obama was elected with 53 percent of the vote and in a few weeks he raised that to 58 percent. That's a positive sign," said pollster John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International.
"And to see that positive sign as the crises actually worsen before he's even president means that he's swimming upstream. And thus far he's swimming upstream pretty successfully."
The Zogby Interactive survey of 3,498 likely voters was conducted Jan. 6-8and carries a margin of error of +/- 1.6 percent.