56% Believe Obama Has Changed US ... for the Worse

So much for "hope and change" … unless, of course, you mean change for the worse: 56% of likely voters believe President Obama has changed America negatively, a new poll for The Hill finds, while just 35% believe he's made it better. Obviously this is bad news for Obama as he works to be re-elected, and he may find this statistic particularly disturbing: One out of five Democrats think he's transformed America for the worse. Not surprisingly, 91% of Republicans agree with them.

Overall, whether for better or worse, 68% of likely voters believe Obama has significantly changed the US since being elected, but just 50% believe Mitt Romney would bring a similar level of change. And a sizable 89% of likely voters think the results of Election 2012 will have an impact on the future of the US, with 47% saying they are paying more attention this time around than they did in 2008. Republicans are paying even more attention than Democrats, which could be more bad news for Obama. (More President Obama stories.)