Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday.

本周二公布的一项民调显示，近60%的美国选民对总统贝拉克·奥巴马缺乏信心。

The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a reversal（逆转，反转） of what voters said at the start of Obama's presidency¹ 18 months ago when about 60 percent expressed confidence in his decision making.

Confidence in Obama is at a new low but the poll found that his numbers are still higher than lawmakers of either major party four months ahead of the November congressional elections.

Asked how much confidence they have in Obama to make the right decisions for the country's future, 58 percent of respondents said "just some" or "none."

Sixty-eight percent expressed the same sentiments（感情，观点） about Democrats² in Congress and 72 percent said the same of Republicans.

The Post said problems in the housing industry, sluggish³（萧条的，迟钝的） job growth and other economic issues may have taken a toll⁴ on Obama's approval rating（支持率） .

Just 43 percent of all Americans, including a third of Democrats, now say they approve of the job Obama is doing on the economy, while 54 percent disapprove⁵.

The survey also found wide anti-incumbent（现任的，依靠的） sentiment with 62 percent of voters saying they were not inclined to support their current representative.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs（公开投标） in the November 2 election as well as 36 of the 100 Senate seats.

Democrats now control both houses of Congress, but a slight majority of those polled said they would prefer to have Republicans in control to serve as a check on Obama's policies.

The poll of 1,288 people was conducted July 7-11 and has a margin⁶ of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.