Poll: Obama Slipping on National Security

Rasmussen shows some softening of the public's approval for President Obama's national security management:

Forty-one percent (41%) of U.S. voters now rate President Obama’s job performance in the area of national security as good or excellent, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

This is the president’s lowest finding on national security since taking office in January. With the exception of a bounce last week, his numbers on national security have been trending down steadily since mid-June.

Thirty-five percent (35%) now say the president is doing a poor job on national security.

From January to mid-May, over 50% of voters regularly gave Obama good or excellent marks for his handling of national security.

And the partisan breakout:

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Democrats say the president is doing a good or excellent job in terms of foreign policy. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Republicans say he’s doing a poor job.

Voters not affiliated with either party are more closely divided: 32% view the president’s performance as good or excellent, while 34% say it’s poor.

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