Presidential Politics — Forget National Security, Isn’t it all about Jobs and the Domestic Economy?

The latest WSJ / NBC poll found that 61% of Americans approve of President Obama’s handling of national security. That’s the good news. The bad news is only 6% really care and believe that national security should be the top issue in the presidential election. The remaining 94% of Americans think the primary issue is the domestic economy and jobs. And only 39% of Americans approve of the way the President is handling the economy. Given the continuing poor state of the global and domestic economies this spells trouble for the Obama reelection campaign.

About Stuart Malawer

Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade at George Mason University (Schar School of Public Policy).
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