Poll: No 2nd term for Obama, majority says

WASHINGTON -- A majority of adults say President Barack Obama does not deserve a second term but are divided on whether he will win re-election next year, says a new Associated Press-GfK poll that highlights some of the campaign obstacles he faces.

Although the public would prefer Obama be voted out of office, he fares relatively well in potential matchups with Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

For the first time, the poll found that a majority of adults, 52 percent, said Obama should be voted out of office while 43 percent said he deserves a second term. Separately, 49 percent expected Obama to win re-election while 48 percent think he will be voted out of office.

Asked whom they would support, 47 percent of adults favored Obama compared with 46 percent for Romney. Against Gingrich, the president received 51 percent compared with 42 percent for the former House speaker. -- AP