PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Black and white America remain greatly divided when asked to rate how Barack Obama is doing as president, a Gallup poll indicated.
Obama's overall job approval rating in July is 46 percent, unchanged from June, and down 4 percentage points from February of this year, Gallup reported Tuesday.
Obama's job approval rating averaged 88 percent among blacks and 38 percent among whites in July, a 50-percentage-point gap that has been consistent in recent months but larger than the first months following his inauguration, Gallup reported Tuesday.
While an overwhelming majority of blacks approve of Obama's job in office, approval ratings among blacks, whites and Hispanics in July were all at their lowest levels to date, the Princeton, N.J., polling agency said.
Blacks' approval of the job Obama is doing fell below the 90 percent threshold for the second straight month in July, although not significantly lower than the 89 percent recorded in June, Gallup said.
Among Hispanics, Obama earned an approval rating of 54 percent in July.
Results are based on nationwide telephone interviews conducted with 15,467 adults as part of Gallup Daily tracking July 1-31. The margin of error for the total sample is 1 percentage point.
