WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - A majority of Americans believes President Barack Obama has neglected job creation and economic fears are weighing heavily on Democrats ahead of Nov. 2 elections, a Reuters-Ipsos poll found on Tuesday.
Sixty-seven percent of voters said Obama has not focused enough on creating jobs, with the economy seen as the country’s main problem.
Almost half those polled said they were unhappy with Obama’s handling of the economy as unemployment is stuck at 9.5 percent. Satisfaction with Obama’s performance on the economy dropped steadily from earlier Ipsos polls.
Forty-six percent of registered voters said they would vote Republican at the November congressional elections, as opposed to 44 percent who said they would back Democrats.
Turnout at the vote is also likely to bode ill for the Democrats and the poll showed evidence of Republican enthusiasm. Seventy-two percent of Republicans say they are certain to vote in November against 49 percent of Democrats.
Obama’s approval rating in the poll was 48 percent, a slight decline from the 50 percent level in a June survey.
