Poll: Obama Seen As Different Kind Of Politician

(CBS)

As he approaches 100 days in office, more than two-thirds of Americans see President Obama as a different kind of politician, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll.

Asked what sets him apart from other politicians, forty percent cite Mr. Obama's governing style. Nine percent cite his policies, while 13 percent say it's both his style and his policies. Six percent cite another reason.

One in four Americans overall, meanwhile, say Mr. Obama is not different from other politicians.

Republicans are more likely to view the president as a typical politician – 44 percent say he is typical, compared to just 9 percent of Democrats. Nine in ten Democrats see Mr. Obama as a different kind of politician.

While majorities of both whites and blacks say Mr. Obama is a different kind of politician, whites are more than twice as likely as blacks to describe the president as a typical politician.

Click here for the raw data from the poll (PDF).

Check back with CBSNews.com at 6:30 p.m. ET for more results from the poll on Mr. Obama's first 100 days.

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This poll was conducted among a random sample of 973 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone April 22-26, 2009. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.

An oversample of African Americans was interviewed for a total of 212 interviews with African Americans. The results were then weighted in proportion to the racial composition of the adult population in the U.S. Census. The margin of error for the sample of African Americans is seven percentage points.

This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.

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• Complete 100 Days Coverage

[vranger]

He's not that different. There have been a LOT of incompetent politicians through history.

However, he is different in one way. He's the first President of the United States to willing agree to be a puppet for a party.

[Deem1890]

tincup356 you have a bad case of amnesia... 8*yrs. of nothing, a wasted era for the us and the world..
Bush put us in the bush! and walk!

God bless Obama for his unity and wisdom!

[tincup356]

This person caved in to the communist ACLU and gave them CIA top secret documents. That is TREASON. Get him the hell out of office, people. He doesn't represent the best interest of the United States of America. Or doesn't anybody care.
And since when do we have a "czar". He chose the title "car czar" in order to have more control over the position. He is sneaky - no wait, he doesn't need to be sneaky, the American people are so busy drooling over him that he can tear this country apart one step at a time and nobody is going to say anything about it. It will get to the point where the government tells us what kind of car to drive, what COLOR car to drive, what size house we can "buy" from them, what we can eat, what we can drink...etc., etc., etc.
Posted by dmb35 at 4:40 PM : Apr 27, 2009 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Treason is when congress allots 700 billion dollars to come to the quick rescue of the home foreclosure problem,,,,,,then turn around and pay back lobby dollar conspirators who paid BOTH parties a total of almost 2 billion dollars right before the bailouts....Now six months have passed by and nothing has been done,,,and people are still losing their homes,,,,,,,,Now try to tell me that our congress represents the people,,,,If you really think that you have already become a brainwashed slave.

[tincup356]

For the first time in my adult life, I am not proud of my country.
Posted by hawksprings at 5:04 PM : Apr 27, 2009 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
As long as we have the corrupt fools we have running this country , things will never get better,,,,,,,This economic mess we face is the fruit of the lobby dollar,,,,,Congress ,,,BOTH PARTIES are to blame ,,,they have sold out the American citizens in every way form and fashion,,,,to put it simply,,,,They are ALL TRAITORS,,,,and deserve to be charged with HIGH TREASON.

[tincup356]

President Barack Obama gets a A++++++++++ for the 100 day report card. That's how i see it!!!!

Finally a real president for the people by the people.
Posted by Deem1890 at 5:46 PM : Apr 27, 2009 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
You have had a little too much of that political kool aid.....We have a president that used the internet to get elected,,,then he has gone back on nearly every campaign promise he made, a congress that is so corrupt on BOTH sides of the isle,,,,,,,and an army of insurgent lobbyists, working for the greed masters of Wall street,,,,,,,to top that off American jobs, homes, and retirements ....are disappearing like water going down a flushed toilet.......Yes we have a great game plan for America,,,congress is staying the course,,,,,the course to destroy the middle class,,,,,,Americans don't need "Tea Parties",,,,we need to revolt.

[Deem1890]

President Barack Obama gets a A++++++++++ for the 100 day report card. That's how i see it!!!!

Finally a real president for the people by the people.

[jimbob133]

I don't like bush or Obama. I think Bush did allot of harm and Obama will do his share. The elite run this country. If you vote for someone just because you like them your an idiot.

[dhutch88]

With no HHS Head, and the Swine flu coming to America seems our President is once again behind the curve. 4 new cases in Jersey and Mexicans coming across the border every day. This guy will ruin our country one way or another. Releasing CIA docs, not closing the border, letting our guard down with North Korea and Iran who just spit in Obamas face regarding nukes.

[hawksprings]

For the first time in my adult life, I am not proud of my country.

[hawksprings]

Again, cBSnews does a poll where they ask WAY more Democrats than Republicans and then tries to pass the results off as legit.

If you click on the raw poll data, and scroll to the bottom, you will see what I mean.

If I asked twice as many Republicans as Democrats this question, the percentages would be drastically different.

Shame on you cBSnews.
You put the BS in cBS.