President Barack Obama gives his first inaugural address at the Capitol on January 20, 2009. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, File)
As President Obama nears his second inaugural ceremony on Monday, he will face a nation that is mostly dissatisfied with the current state of the economy. The new NBC/WSJ poll shows that while the president still remains popular with a job approval rating at 52% among all adults, only 35% think the country is headed in the right direction. This number is down six points from December 2012 which proves that the economy is still the top concern among Americans.
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