A large number of North Carolina voters disapprove of President Obama's handling of the housing and mortgage crisis, according to a new poll.
The survey found that 46 percent of Tar Heel voters disapprove of the president's handling of the crisis, while 41 percent approve of it, according to a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, a Raleigh-based firm with Democratic leaning. Among independent voters, a key swing group, 56 percent of Tar Heel voters disapproved of it.
The poll was commissioned by Campaign for a Fair Settlement in five key battleground states. The group is a a coalition that describes itself as working to hold banks accountable for their role in the foreclosure crisis and protect homeowners and taxpayers.
The poll found that the largest numbers blamed Wall Street(37 percent) for the housing and mortgage crisis. Others blamed irresponsible homeowners(26 percent), Congress (20 percent)and President Obama(6 percent.)
The poll found that 60 percent agreed that Obama had not done enough to hold the banks accountable for their role in the housing collapse.
The survey of 600 North Carolina voters was conducted April 30-May 1.
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"Forward"
May 17, 2012 - 1:45pm — OustObama12Obama is running in 2012 with the slogan "Forward", as in "Bend Over". He knows how to stick it to the American people and "Forward" is the easiest way to do it. He knows he is in trouble, as he had two years of a sympathetic Democratic controlled Congress, and he still has not fixed the problems he blames on Bush.
He has not taken accountability for ANYTHING except killing bin Ladin. I do not think he had a role in that, personally. I used to think it was embarrassing that NC was chosen for the DNC, now I think it is great that NC is going to embarrass Obama after hosting it!
The only housing crisis Obama is worried about is who will be in the White House come January 2013.
Different this time around
May 17, 2012 - 7:14am — inandohObama ran in 2008 on "Hope & Change." And "Change You Can Believe In." Now he has to answer for his record while in the Oval Office. Will be a different race now. He blames everything on Bush. Now many are blaming everything on Obama. What goes around comes around.