TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president? App Dis DK/NA Oct 08, 2009 50 41 9 Aug 06, 2009 50 42 9 Jul 02, 2009 57 33 10 Jun 04, 2009 59 31 10 Apr 29, 2009 58 30 12 Apr 01, 2009 58 31 11 Mar 04, 2009 59 25 16 TREND: Would you describe the state of the nation's economy these days as: excellent, good, not so good, or poor? Not so Exlnt Good good Poor DK/NA Aug 06, 2009 - 6 49 44 - Jul 02, 2009 1 7 44 47 1 Apr 29, 2009 - 6 41 52 1 Apr 01, 2009 1 4 39 56 - Mar 04, 2009 - 3 28 68 - Nov 13, 2008 - 4 37 58 1 May 15, 2008 1 12 44 43 - May 05, 2004 2 36 40 21 1 Dec 10, 2003 3 37 42 16 1 Oct 29, 2003 2 29 45 23 1 Sep 17, 2003 1 29 42 27 1 Jul 24, 2003 1 28 41 28 1 Jun 11, 2003 2 31 41 25 2 Apr 17, 2003 2 34 43 20 1 Feb 04, 2003 1 23 48 27 1 Nov 13, 2002 1 28 47 24 - Dec 11, 2001 2 28 50 18 1 TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? App Dis DK/NA May 14, 2008 16 76 8 Oct 31, 2007 21 70 10 Aug 16, 2007 20 70 10 Jun 13, 2007 23 66 11 May 03, 2007 39 52 9 Mar 02, 2006 25 63 11 Dec 06, 2005 27 61 11 Jul 27, 2005 30 60 10 Dec 16, 2004 37 51 13 Mar 06, 2003 42 46 12