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Obama’s Approval Rating Falls

Hits lowest level since January.

The percentage of Americans who approve of President Obama’s job performance has fallen to 47 percent from 50 percent a month ago, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll out Tuesday. The last time Obama’s approval was this low was in early January. Sixty-three percent of those polled think the country is on the wrong track. Among independents, approval for Obama fell from 48 percent to 35 percent. On the question of which candidate would be better at producing jobs, Mitt Romney is now ahead of Obama 46 percent to 43 percent. An Ipsos pollster said, “People’s unhappiness with the economy carries over pretty directly to the president’s numbers, and we see those weakening.”