Obama Approval Rating, January 18, 2012. The Eve Of His Second Inauguration

The president's overall approval rating stands at 55% in a CNN poll released on Wednesday (August 16, 2013), with 43% saying they disapprove of the job Obama is doing in the White House. 

Of those who disapprove, 34% say they disapprove because Obama is too liberal, with 7% saying they give the president a thumbs down because he's not liberal enough. 

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