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Nov 17, 2009 10:57 am US/Eastern

Obama's Approval Rating Slips

Handling Of Afghanistan Fuels 3-Point Drop; Decrease Most Noticeable Among Independents

WASHINGTON (CBS News) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: President Barack Obama arrives for a press conference at Kantei, the Japanese Prime Minister's office and official residence, in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.
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President Barack Obama is being greeted warmly in China, but back in the U.S. his overall approval rating has slipped to 53 percent, according to a new CBS News poll.

Approval for his handling of the situation in Afghanistan has dropped as well; more Americans now disapprove than approve.

A majority of Americans still approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, but this percentage is down three points. Fifty-three percent of Americans approve of how he's handling his job, down from 56 percent last month.

The president's approval rating has dropped seven points among independents. Forty-five percent of independents now approve of how the president is handling his job; last month a majority of 52 percent approved.

Assessments of how President Obama is handling the war in Afghanistan have become more negative since early October. Thirty-eight percent now approve of how President Obama is handling the war - but even more, 43 percent, disapprove. Disapproval has risen nine points, from 34 percent last month.

This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1,167 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone November 13-16, 2009. Phone numbers were dialed from random digit dial samples of both standard land-line 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.

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