The new poll results provided by Washington Post/ABC News showed that U.S. President Barack Obama was found to have very little guilt in the current state of the U.S. economy.

80 percent in the respondents blamed banks, financial institutions and corporations in the economic meltdown. About 70 percent also blamed consumers for taking too much debt and the former Bush administration for careless regulation. The ones who found Obama administration was not doing enough to turn the situation around made only 26 percent.

Some other data that the research has provided was that two-thirds of the polled approve the way Obama is handling his presidency. 60 percent of them approve the way he is handling the US economy. However, it should be noted that the ratio of the respondents who were confident Obama's policies would improve the economy has decreased to 64 percent from 72 just before he took office in January.

42 percent of the respondents stated the country was heading in the right direction, which made a five-year high. When the poll was held last year during the final months of George W. Bush presidency, 90 percent of the respondents stated the country was heading in the wrong direction.