Country generally split on Obama’s international worldview and domestic spending.

As former President Bill Clinton undertook a White House-sanctioned humanitarian mission to North Korea and successfully secured the release of two imprisoned American journalists, a new Zogby-Scoop44 interactive poll shows that a majority young Americans — and nearly half of all respondents polled — favor President Obama’s new style of diplomacy, a worldview that encouraged the former President’s private trip to Pyongyang.

Clinton’s visit with President Kim Jong-il of North Korea ended the 140 day saga, ensured the two Current TV journalists’ freedom, and signaled the opening of possible diplomatic channels with the rogue regime and its globally estranged leader.

According to the Zogby-Scoop44 poll, about 55% of Americans between 18 and 29 said they agreed with Obama’s emerging foreign policy doctrine. A similar 50% majority from 30 to 49 also approved of the President’s diplomatic streak.

However, respondents older than 50 reflected their unease with Obama’s worldview: a majority, 52%, in the 50-64 and 65+ brackets say they disagree with his approach.

Among all respondents, 48.5% said they agree with the new presidential diplomatic measures, while nearly 47% said they disagree.

A sharp age fissure exists between the younger and older demographic—both on this question and on Americans’ assessment of economic stimulus and other spending programs—suggesting a generational barrier President Obama, 48, still struggles to overcome.

Most likely voters (53%) believe President Obama’s economic policies will translate into debt for future generations—a term coined “generational theft” by Senator John McCain.

Younger voters, however, are likelier to view spending initiatives in health care, education, and other areas as investment in America’s future welfare – 47% of those age 18-29 feel this way, compared to just 32% of those age 65 or older.

On the spending vote, respondents generally followed party lines.

While Republicans (94%) and conservatives (96%) overwhelmingly believe those polices equal debt for future generations of Americans, Democrats (72%) and liberals (83%) largely view Obama’s economic policies as necessary investment.

Sixty percent of self-described political independents believe Obama’s policies are leading to debt, while just 28% think they are an investment. Moderate voters are evenly split at 43%.

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