A slim majority of Republican voters disapprove of how House Speaker John Boehner handled the negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff" according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Fully 52 percent of Republican voters disapprove of the way Boehner handled the negotiations a 15-percentage point jump from December when the talks were ongoing. Among the most conservative Republican and independent voters disapproval of Boehner spiked from 36 to 61 percent. As they were last month Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of Obamas performance in the negotiations.
Overall 44 percent of all registered voters say they approve of the deal struck on New Years day with about as many 42 percent disapproving. More than one in eight voters express no opinion on the subject.
Head-to-head Obama fares better than Boehner in the poll just as he did when the negotiations were ongoing at the beginning of December. In the new survey conducted after the House followed up a Senate vote by passing the measure 53 percent of voters say they approve of the way Obama handled the matter while 40 percent disapprove. The overall tally is clearly negative for Boehners performance: 30 percent approval and 56 percent disapproval.
Interestingly both Obama and Boehner improved their cross-party appeal after the bargain according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Just 8 percent of Republican voters approved of the way Obama was handling negotiations in a December Post-ABC survey while in the new poll roughly one in four (23 percent) said he had done a good job. Democrats jumped from 14 to 27 percent in approving of Boehners handling of the issue.
But the two sides remain deeply divided: 67 percent of Democratic voters approve of the overall deal; 68 percent of Republican voters disapprove. Sentiment is particularly strong on the extremes with 71 percent of liberal Democrats in favor and 74 percent of conservative Republicans opposed.
A slim majority of Republican voters disapprove of how House Speaker John Boehner handled the negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff" according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Fully 52 percent of Republican voters disapprove of the way Boehner handled the negotiations a 15-percentage point jump from December when the talks were ongoing. Among the most conservative Republican and independent voters disapproval of Boehner spiked from 36 to 61 percent. As they were last month Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of Obamas performance in the negotiations.
Overall 44 percent of all registered voters say they approve of the deal struck on New Years day with about as many 42 percent disapproving. More than one in eight voters express no opinion on the subject.
Head-to-head Obama fares better than Boehner in the poll just as he did when the negotiations were ongoing at the beginning of December. In the new survey conducted after the House followed up a Senate vote by passing the measure 53 percent of voters say they approve of the way Obama handled the matter while 40 percent disapprove. The overall tally is clearly negative for Boehners performance: 30 percent approval and 56 percent disapproval.
Interestingly both Obama and Boehner improved their cross-party appeal after the bargain according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Just 8 percent of Republican voters approved of the way Obama was handling negotiations in a December Post-ABC survey while in the new poll roughly one in four (23 percent) said he had done a good job. Democrats jumped from 14 to 27 percent in approving of Boehners handling of the issue.
But the two sides remain deeply divided: 67 percent of Democratic voters approve of the overall deal; 68 percent of Republican voters disapprove. Sentiment is particularly strong on the extremes with 71 percent of liberal Democrats in favor and 74 percent of conservative Republicans opposed.
