Posted on 05/06/2015 10:06:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama isn’t exactly riding high on public support, but for the first time in two years more Americans approve of the job he is doing than disapprove.
The news comes courtesy of a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll that was released Monday. It found that 48 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as president, while 47 percent disapprove.
Obama is only one point into positive territory and hasn’t hit 50 percent since February 2013, but it’s the highest number the president has seen in this survey since June 2013.
It’s also marked improvement over his standing with the American public last year. In August and September 2014, Obama dipped down to a 40 percent approval rating, with 54 percent of Americans disapproving of his performance as the country’s chief executive.
Last month’s CNN/ORC poll also found Obama in positive territory for the first time since May 2013, with a 48 percent approval rating. Forty-seven percent disapproved of his performance.
Elsewhere in the WSJ/NBC poll, 49 percent of Americans approved of his handling of the economy, while 47 percent disapproved. Obama’s handling of foreign policy, meanwhile, rose from 36 percent to 40 percent, though 53 percent still disapproved.
Notably, the survey found that while Obama’s ratings had generally risen, those of his potential successor, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had begun to dip. Forty-two percent of respondents said they had a favorable impression of Clinton, and the same number said they had an unfavorable impression. During the same time last year, she was standing at a 48 – 32 percent favorable rating.
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If I ran a poll and found his approval numbers had risen, I wouldn’t publish it.
Right. Like they have any credibility, especially NBC.
“but for the first time in two years more Americans approve of the job he is doing than disapprove.”
I’d like to know how the poll-takers knew that all of the participants were indeed “Americans”.
Brian Williams did the poll.
race riots, Christians getting slaughtered in mass worldwide, the entire mideast disintegrating, the economy collapsing, ISIS attacks here in the US, Sodomites attacking Christian businesses, Defacto amnesty for illegal aliens dictated by Obama, Obamacare exchanges going bankrupt and insurance rates skyrocketing, ect, ect.
And people APPROVE!?!?!?!
There is a completely disconnect between reality and this poll result.
This moron is worse than Carter
What happened? More people received SNAP money (food stamps)?
Actually it must be the 1 million new legal immigrants admitted every year. 95% of them become eligible as relatives of existing immigrants. And 99% of that 95% are low skilled/unskilled/seniors/children receiving more free government checks. Of course they like Obama!
Yeah, and Hillary is wildly popular, too... </eyeroll>
Must be on account of all Obama’s policy successes of late. /s
BULLSHIT!!!...all illegals maybe?
realclearpolitics.com, the conservative leaning news aggregator takes an average of all the most recent polls because any one poll can be an outlier for any particular polling period.
realclearpolitics.com’s averages include three conservative leaning polls: Fox News, Rasmussen Reports and The Economist/You Gov.
Obama’s current average is 46.1% approval and 49.2% disapproval.
Factor in a plus/minus 3% statistical margin of error on any national poll.
No doubt. People are dumber than a Box of Barbara Boxers.
The hollywood/academia brain-fornicated sheeple yutes approve.
To borrow a line from "Rescue Me"...
...hey guys, I think you're getting submarined by a retard.
Obama has been out of the News lately that’s why
I would not be surprised to see the country dissolved within what remains of my lifetime.
Here’s the latest from the polling organization that only samples Likely Voters and who makes sure that it properly represents registered Republicans in its samples:
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 49% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Obama’s job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 25% who Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president and 36% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11.
You nailed it.
He does best when he does nothing.
He must be getting tired; time for a vacation.
If there are people who approve of OZero, they certainly don’t live in my town, go to my church, work where I work of hang out anywhere where I spend my free time.
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