Poll: 48% now say Obama is very liberal, a new high

This marks the highest finding to date on the question and is a five-point increase in the number who say the president is very liberal from a month ago. Just before Obama took office in January, 65% said he was at least somewhat liberal, with 35% who described him as very liberal…

Among Democrats, 42% say the president is somewhat liberal and 26% say he is a moderate.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of liberals rate the president as at least somewhat liberal, but only 14% say he’s very liberal.