Americans initially favorable to Obama budget: Gallup

Americans have a generally positive view of the budget plan unveiled by President Obama last week, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday.

A plurality of those surveyed said they have a positive first impression of the budget, a percentage that increases depending on how closely respondents had been following the budget.

44 percent of Americans said they had a positive impression of the legislation, versus 26 percent who said they had a negative impression. 30 percent of those surveyed said they didn’t know enough about the Obama administration’s plans to answer.

50 percent of those who had been following the budget “very closely” or “somewhat closely” approved of the plan, though 44 percent of those who were following very closely said they had a negative impression of the plan.

Unsurprisingly, Republicans had a negative opinion of the plan, while Democrats had a positive impression. Among Independents, 37 percent said they had a positive initial opinion while 25 percent held a negative impression.

The poll, conducted Feb. 27-28, has a three percent margin of error.