North Carolina voters feel that President Barack Obama is off to a good start, according to the results of a poll released this week by the Civitas Insititute.
Civitas surveyed 600 registered voters from Feb. 16-19. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
65 percent of those surveyed said they strongly approve (36 percent) or somewhat approve (29 percent) of the job Obama is doing as president. Only 16 percent strongly disapprove (11 percent) or somewhat disapprove (5 percent).
That's a bump for Obama since the Civitas poll in January, which found that 60 percent strongly approved or somewhat approved of the job he was doing.
North Carolina residents are not feeling as favorable toward new U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Greensboro Democrat, or the rest of Congress.
The survey found that 41 percent strongly approve (12 percent) or somewhat approve (29 percent) of the job Hagan is doing, while 16 percent disapprove.
Only 40 percent strongly approve (10 percent) or somewhat approve (30 percent) the job Congress is doing, while 46 percent disapprove.
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