Survey: Obama’s Approval Rating Falls to 39 %

A Zogby Interactive poll released on Tuesday indicates that Obama's approval rating equals a low since he took office at 39 percent, while 63 percent of respondents think the US president is a weak leader compared to only 19 percent who regard him as a strong leader.

The latest poll comes after Obama agreed earlier in December to keep all of the Bush-era tax cuts for another two years in a bid to resolve differences with Republicans in Congress.

According to the poll, 68 percent of those surveyed also believe that America is heading in the wrong direction.

The figures come as there are widespread assumptions that a string of government failures, including the failure to rein in the economic crisis in the US, the prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the high unemployment rate in the country have largely contributed to the slippage in Obama's popularity rate.

Obama's average approval rating has declined in each quarter since he took office last year, and since his Democratic party took a pounding in mid-term elections in November, he has faced an uphill struggle to press ahead with his proposed legislations in the Congress.