Jan 08 2010
Inside Obama’s Brain – Part 2
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President Obama started 2010 with only a 50% job approval rating, down 18% from a year ago when he took office. More than three quarters of the non-white population still has a high opinion of him, compared to only 41% of whites. Similarly younger women are more likely to like what the president is doing at 58% compared to …
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