Democracy Corp Poll: 41% of Americans Feel US Standing Declining

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The Democracy Corp, conducted a poll last month indicating 41-51% of Americans believe America's standing throughout the world has dropped since President Obama took office 13 months ago.

Democracy Corp was founded in 1999 by former Clinton adviser James Carville and Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg. Democracy Corps calls itself an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making the government of the United States more responsive to the American people.

The survey, titled "A new Democracy Corps-Third Way survey", was released Monday. Third Way calls itself "the leading moderate think-tank of the progressive movement."

According to the Democracy Corp site, "A new Democracy Corps-Third Way survey provides a wake-up call for President Obama, his party, and progressives on national security. This is the first of what will be a series of jointly conducted, in-depth analysis by Democracy Corps and Third Way of the public’s views on national security, and the results are sobering."

National Security

The survey shows that on the question of keeping America safe, Democrats trail Republicans by 14 points and by 31 points on ensuring a strong military.

On the national security front, 50 % of likely voters say Republicans would likely do a better job than Democrats, a 14-point swing since May. Thirty-three percent favored Democrats.