Recently, Democrats aren't the only ones to disapprove of the President. Citizens look towards Obama and the Democratic Party for a much needed change.

Americans are vehemently opposed to President George W. Bush's performance as president, as well as his plans in Iraq and continue to show strong support for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, according to a poll of 20 people around the country done by Emory Journalism Students.

Bush's approval continues to drop

Three-quarters of people surveyed stated that they disapprove of the president's performance as our nation's leader. His actions regarding the economy, international relations, the war in Iraq, education and other issues have angered some citizens.

"I feel like his decisions have weakened the strength of our nation and of our people," said Matt Bernstein, 19, a student from University of Central Florida.

Of the 30 percent who approves of his actions, most still recognize that Bush's decisions have not been executed well. Most of these citizens help to compose the 75 percent of Americans that think the country is heading in the wrong direction.

"The idea was good, the implementation has just become wrong," said Harry Fellner, 43, a Republican ranch worker from outside of Houston, Texas speaking about the war in Iraq.

It's not just Democrats

Republicans, once strong supporters of the president and all of his efforts, not only those in Iraq, are slowly admitting that Bush and his decisions, are causing problems and a large decrease in his public appeal. According to a CNN poll taken April 28th, Bush's approval rating is a meager 28 percent. The biggest factor in the president's low approval rating seems to be the U.S. military effort in Iraq, with 70 percent believing that the effort is going 'not too well' or 'not well at all," and only 10 percent judging the situation as going well. "The war in Iraq is a war of deception," said Amy Bisno, 30, a Democrat who works in human resources in Great Barrington, Mass. with a thick New England accent. "Our troops are there on false pretenses. The effort is disorganized."

Should we leave Iraq?

Following the trend of disapproval for efforts in Iraq, three out of five people polled said that it was time for the U.S. to begin pulling its troops out of the Middle East.

"We keep sending them there and it keeps getting worse. When I walk through [an] airport and see these young men in uniform it just breaks my heart," said Katrina Hood, 37, a Democrat from Marietta, Ga., who works as a store clerk as she put her hand to her head and massaged her temples in frustration.

American concerns and opposition to the current administration grow steadily as Bush makes plans to increase the number of troops in Iraq, a move that is contradicts the pullout that 60 percent of those polled want to see. The president may claim to be protecting the homeland, but according to those polled, he is angering citizens faster than ever before.

"I don't want this to turn into another Vietnam. Let's just bring our boys home safely," Adelle Berry, 45, a registered Independent and neuropsychological tester from New Orleans, La., said.

In conjunction with the recent election, which saw a conversion of Republican seats in Congress to Democratic ones, 60 percent of those polled stated that they would vote for a Democratic candidate in the upcoming 2008 presidential election. Many Americans, restless and angered with the current political situation, are eager for a change.

"We are trying to move in the right direction, but it's the politics and the bureaucracy that are hindering the country from getting any kind of legislature or positive action from being passed," said Bernstein.

Striving for Change

Looking for a significant change, 51 percent of those polled state that they would cast their vote for Obama, an African-American presidential hopeful. Ninety percent of Americans, as well as Joanna Thompson, a Democrat and 20-year-old student, thinks the country is finally ready to put away the racism and gender bias to elect an African-American like Obama, or a woman, if Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the democratic candidacy.

"I think that the younger generation understands the concept that we are all equal," Thompson said hopefully. "These days, it's all about what you believe in; not what you look like."

The poll, in which 50 percent were Democrats, 40 percent were Republicans and only 10 percent Independents, also illustrated that the only thing that Americans were equally divided on is the Democratic Congress and its actions thus far.