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.
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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.
Despite sliding since leaving her post as secretary of state, Clinton still currently leads the field of potential conservative opponents in head-to-head matchups, according to the poll.
too many obama bots out there. 😡 That is if this is true. 🙄
Yeah & US unemployment is under 8%…
Virtually no Gov words are accurate – nothing surprising there though
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” ~ H. L. Mencken
And I thought Bush was a low as we could stoop.
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Wall Street Journal/NBC/CNN/ORC…
ALL highly credible sources, mind you.
For the blue pill crowd.
This so called report would be sad and devastating if it were true.
Like all polls, and opinions, that comes forth from the MSM ….
It’s all made up numbers….there’s not that many bama bots out
there to reflect the numbers that they’re claiming.
Just like they’re trying to get folks to believe economic conditions
are in recovery …it’s all fabrication.
Hitlers’ propaganda guru would be proud, and we all know where he
learned his trade from ……..
They’re trying to make the over all population give up, fall in, and comply.
Never make the mistake of believing their propaganda.
This poll actually sounds about right, PARACLETE.
An anomaly. Go figure.
http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/96-percent-of-americans-expect-more-civil-unrest-in-u-s-cities-this-summer/131698
My enemies multiply.
GFY DO NOTHING DINNER TABLE PATRIOTS.
Anybody wanna bet the numbers are cooked? I’m betting they are just as fake as BO himself. The people I know here in Georgia (even the ones who voted for him and ‘loved’ him) are turning on him now. They can’t stand what he’s done. So, I suspect the numbers are bogus; I sure hope they are anyway.
Barry’s approval rating is positive?
BAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ROLMFAO!!!!
Thanks for the joke of the day, RT.