While a recent series of scandals have caused headaches for the White House, the results of a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday suggest that the news has not had an impact on President Barack Obama's approval rating.
The poll showed that 51 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president compared to 44 percent that disapprove.
The results of the latest poll are nearly unchanged compared to a poll conducted a month ago that found Obama with a 50 percent to 45 percent approval rating.
Obama's approval rating has held steady despite the IRS targeting scandal, allegations of a cover-up related to the deadly attacks in Benghazi and the secret subpoena of Associated Press phone records.
The president seems to benefit from the fact that 51 percent of Americans think he is concentrating on things that are important to them personally compared to just 33 percent that said the same about Congressional Republicans.
Additionally, the poll found that 45 percent of Americans think Republican criticism of the way the Obama administration handled the attacks in Benghazi is just political posturing, while 44 percent think the GOP is raising legitimate concerns.
With regard to the IRS scandal, 74 percent think it was inappropriate for the IRS to single out some conservative political groups for extra scrutiny about their tax status.
Fifty-six percent also said the extra focus on conservative groups was a deliberate effort to harass the groups compared to 31 percent that said it was an administrative mistake.
Meanwhile, the poll found that 52 percent of Americans think the subpoena of AP phone records was justified, while 33 percent said it was not justified.
The Washington Post-ABC News survey of 1,001 adults was conducted May 16th through 19th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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