Poll: President Barack Obama's support among college students wanes

BY Aliyah Shahid
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, October 14th 2010

Barack Obama is no longer the big man on campus.

College students' support for the President is waning -- a worrying sign for Democrats who are trying to reenergize young voters before the midterm elections, which are just three weeks away.

Just 44% approve of the job Obama is doing, while 27% said they are unhappy with his job performance, according to a new Associated Press-mtvU poll.

That's a significant dip from the 60% who gave the president high marks in a May 2009 poll. Only 15% of college goers had a negative opinion of him back then. the rest

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