the desire for cooperation is widely shared across party lines .
americans largely support the administration ’s stand on new measures to curb gun violence , but on basic trust on the issue , the president and republicans in congress fare about evenly .
obama ’s overall job - approval rating stands at 50 percent , down five points from before he took the oath of office in january .
the afterglow of president obama ’s reelection and inauguration appears to have vanished as increasingly negative views among americans about his stewardship of the economy have forced his public approval rating back down to the 50 percent mark , according to a new washington post - abc news poll .
view graphic obama ’s reelection honeymoon ends asked who is responsible for the sequester , 47 percent say republicans in congress and 33 percent say obama .
in december , just after he won a second term , obama held an 18 - percentage - point advantage over congressional republicans on the question of whom the public trusted more to deal with the economy .
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it has been several years since the last time we did this .