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Nearly 60 percent of American voters say they lack faith in President Barack Obama, according to a public opinion poll published on Tuesday. The results of the Washington Post/ABC News poll are a reversal of what voters said at the start of Obamas presidency 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 countrys future, 58 percent of respondents said just some or none. Sixty-eight percent expressed the same sentiments about Democrats in Congress and 72 percent said the same of Republicans. The Post said problems in the housing industry, sluggish job growth and other economic issues may have taken a toll on Obamas approval rating. 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 disapprove. The survey also found wide anti-incumbent 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 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 Obamas policies. The poll of 1,288 people was conducted July 7-11 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. (Read by Lee Hannon. Lee Hannon is a journalist at the China Daily Web site.) (Agencies) 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。 该调查由《华盛顿邮报》和美国广播公司新闻部联合开展，调查结果与18个月前奥巴马执政伊始的情况截然相反，当时约60%的选民表示对奥巴马的决策能力很有信心。 尽管美国民众对奥巴马的信心降至新低，但调查显示，选民对两大政党中议员的信心指数更低。美国将在4个月后，即11月份举行国会选举。 在被问及对奥巴马政策制定、治理国家的能力有多大信心时，58%的受访者回答“只有一点”，或“没有信心”。 68