Special Report: Barack Obama: The 44th U.S. President

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's public approval rate declined after he finished the first month in the White House, according to a poll released on Friday.

    The CNN and Opinion Research Corporation survey showed that Obama's approval rate decreased to 67 percent, nine percentage points lower than the last survey released 11 days earlier.

U.S. President Barack Obama signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Bill next to U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science February 17, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The latest poll conducted Feb. 18-19 also showed that his approval rate went from 96 percent to 92 percent among Democrats, and from 50 percent to 31 percent among Republicans, while independents who favored his performance as president stood at 61 percent.

    Despite the decline, CNN polling director Keating Holland said that it did not mean the president is in serious trouble.

U.S. President Barack Obama unveils his administration's plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure while at Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona, February 18, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "Since nearly all of the decline came among Republicans, this does not indicate that the honeymoon is already over," he said.

    As Obama's priority in his early administration, economic stimulus plan won endorsement from 60 percent of those polled.

    About 49 percent said that they believe the passage of the bill in the Congress was a major victory for Obama, and 28 percent think it was a minor accomplishment while 22 percent said it was not a positive achievement, according to the poll.

    Another poll that was released for the one-month anniversary of Obama's administration by Fox News showed Obama's job approval rating stood at 60 percent on Feb. 17-18, down from 65 percent three weeks earlier.