Poll: Obama's slide continues

The ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday indicated 50 percent of respondents approved of Obama's job overall and 46 percent disapproved.

On the economy, 52 percent of people surveyed said they didn't approve of the first-year Democratic president's performance, a majority for the first time, pollsters said. Fifty-six percent of respondents disapproved on his handling of the federal budget deficit.

Fifty-three percent also disapprove of Obama's work on healthcare, with respondents, by a 51 percent-to-44 percent margin, opposing the package moving through Congress, ABC News said.

Obama received nearly equal marks on unemployment, 47 percent saying they approved of his work while 48 percent said they didn't, the poll said.

As commander in chief, Obama received a 54 percent approval rating, while his handling of the war in Afghanistan was at 52 percent approval.

The ABC News/Washington Post telephone poll sampled 1,003 adults Thursday through Sunday. The overall margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.