Obama Leaves Behind A Red America And A Blue America. They Couldn't Be More Different.

Depending on whether you ask a Democrat or a Republican, Barack Obama’s eight years in office left the nation either dramatically better off, or practically a shambles.

Overall, Americans are about evenly split as to how Obama’s presidency personally affected them, according to a HuffPost/YouGov poll taken during his final days in office: 32 percent say things have gotten better, 30 percent that they’ve gotten worse and 30 percent that they’ve stayed mostly the same. By a 10-point margin, 42 percent to 32 percent, they think the economy has gotten better rather than worse. By a 20-point margin, 42 to percent to 22 percent, they think the nation’s position internationally has grown weaker rather than stronger. 

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