Obama's favor plummets with Americans

President Obama addresses America from the Oval Office on terrorism, ISIS and the San Bernardino, California, shootings on Dec. 6 (Photo: White House video screenshot)

President Obama's approval rating with the American people has fallen to 43 percent, the lowest he's seen in more than a year and a number that's due mostly from fears of terrorism, NBC News/Wall Street Journal pollsters found.

On top of that, seven of 10 Americas believe the country's going in the wrong direction – and that's the highest number of people who've responded that way, to that question, since August 2014.

"For most of 2015, the country's mood and thus the presidential election was defined by anger and the unevenness of the economic recovery," said Fred Yang, a Democratic pollster with Hart Research Associates who joined with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies to take this most recent survey.

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But that anger's morphed, and it's translating into poll numbers, he went on.

"Now that has abruptly changed to fear," Yang said, NBC News reported.

McInturff said Americans' focus on the need for security, out of fear of terrorism attacks on U.S. soil has brought a "very different campaign than the one we thought we'd be running," the news outlet reported.

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Fully 40 percent of polled Americans, in fact, said national security and terrorism were their top concerns, up 19 points from when that same question was asked of them in April. By comparison, 23 percent cited job creation and economic growth as their top concerns, down six points from April.

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The survey underscores why Donald Trump is resonating so well with American voters. In the latest poll, taken after Trump made statements about keeping Muslims out of America for a temporary national security fix, the billionaire businessman stood far ahead of the pack of Republican contenders, with a 38 percent backing. Sen. Ted Cruz came in at second place with 15 percent.