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Obama Approval Reaches Three-Year High as America Realizes It Could,.....

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President Barack Obama's approval rating is the highest it has been since May 2013, according to the results of the latest weekly Gallup tracking poll.

Overall, 50 percent of those surveyed said they approve of the job the president is doing so far in his final 365 days in office.

Obama approval rating at three-year high.

the article thinks its because of comparisons to Trump and Hillary. I think its because the conservative entertainment complex is focused on Hillary and thus the fog is lifting from the conservative base concerning President Obama.
 
his approval rating went up 8 points among democrats (to 87%) , up 2 points among independents ( to 45%), and up 1 point among Republicans ( to 11%)

Democrats are mostly behind this increase, so bringing up anyone else is fairly dumb.
 
Vern said:
and Will, Do So Much Worse


President Barack Obama's approval rating is the highest it has been since May 2013, according to the results of the latest weekly Gallup tracking poll.

Overall, 50 percent of those surveyed said they approve of the job the president is doing so far in his final 365 days in office.

Obama approval rating at three-year high.

the article thinks its because of comparisons to Trump and Hillary. I think its because the conservative entertainment complex is focused on Hillary and thus the fog is lifting from the conservative base concerning President Obama.
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Or, because he has been effectively neutralized, and can no longer do much harm, or much of anything.
 
Sherman123 said:
Yes? And inside the article, at the top really, is a link to the poll. It's the weekly gallup tracking poll.
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Doesn't mean anything.

He started out on a world apology tour, now he's on a " I really don't hate white people" campaign.

Gotta create that legacy ya know!
 
i don't know why these kinds of threads are created so according to the link then he was elected he had a 67% approval rating, then it averages into 40 to 50% range for most of his presidency to now reach 50%


should the case be made that reagan's approval rating was averaged in the 50% range during his presidency and reached an all-time high of 68%..........who cares!
 
Master PO said:
i don't know why these kinds of threads are created so according to the link then he was elected he had a 67% approval rating, then it averages into 40 to 50% range for most of his presidency to now reach 50%


should the case be made that reagan's approval rating was averaged in the 50% range during his presidency and reached an all-time high of 68%..........who cares!
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Well, it is interesting that in mid 2015 Obama's job approval rating put him in company of Reagen.
President Obama has reached Reagan-like levels of popularity in the twilight of his tenure, but analysts say his bounce can be attributed largely to the fact that he is fading into the political background as the next presidential race kicks into high gear and as Congress claims a surprising number of concrete legislative accomplishments.

Mr. Obama’s job approval rating stands at 46.4 percent, his highest mark in nearly two years, according to a recent Gallup survey. The figure puts him in the company of President Reagan, whose approval rating also hovered around 46 percent at the same point in his presidency.
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Obama equals Ronald Reagan popularity as economy, gas prices boost job approval - Washington Times
 
Vern said:
and Will, Do So Much Worse


President Barack Obama's approval rating is the highest it has been since May 2013, according to the results of the latest weekly Gallup tracking poll.

Overall, 50 percent of those surveyed said they approve of the job the president is doing so far in his final 365 days in office.

Obama approval rating at three-year high.

the article thinks its because of comparisons to Trump and Hillary. I think its because the conservative entertainment complex is focused on Hillary and thus the fog is lifting from the conservative base concerning President Obama.
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I think its because hes golfing and fundraising, and not abusing his power. He hasnt taken any significant actions, or signed any significant legislation in a couple months.
 
Master PO said:
i don't know why these kinds of threads are created so according to the link then he was elected he had a 67% approval rating, then it averages into 40 to 50% range for most of his presidency to now reach 50%


should the case be made that reagan's approval rating was averaged in the 50% range during his presidency and reached an all-time high of 68%..........who cares!
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The case should be made that approval polls are pointless.
 
Only more proof of this country's failure in education...
 
Thrilla said:
his approval rating went up 8 points among democrats (to 87%) , up 2 points among independents ( to 45%), and up 1 point among Republicans ( to 11%)

Democrats are mostly behind this increase, so bringing up anyone else is fairly dumb.
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Wow, 11% among republicans. Thrilla, serious question. What do you think his poll numbers on the right would look like if conservatives

didn't believe he was born in Kenya?
didn't believe he wants to kill old people?
didn't believe the stimulus will cause hyper inflation, dollar collapse, market to zero?
didn't believe Obamacare isn't working and working quite well?
didn't believe the autobailout was illegal and only a union bailout?
didn't believe the vile and disgusting stand down lies?

just to name a few of the lying conservative narratives.
 
Obama was neutered in 2010. He hasn't done anything significant since then except do a crappy deal with Iran. Out of sight, out of mind and soon good riddance.
 
Master PO said:
question why do people care about this kind of thing?

the president is to preserve protect and defend the constitution nothing more, yet popularity contest have become the thing.
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I don't know. I just remember reading during President Obama's first few years in office that news outlets took the Gallop polls and compared President Obama's to President Reagan's ratings for the same time period and it was pretty amazing how similar their rating were.
 
Master PO said:
i don't know why these kinds of threads are created ...
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In fact here is a 2014 article comparing an Obama 2014 poll that tied with a Reagan Poll during the same time period.
Don't look now, but President Barack Obama has been inching up in the polls, tying Reagan for this juncture in his presidency. Several polls have him inching up to nearly 50 percent approval rating after a rough 2014. Is it just a bit of holiday cheer, or is the trend real? And how does Obama compare to Reagan and other presidents in their sixth Christmas?
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Obama Has Tied Reagan In Public Opinion Polls
 
minnie616 said:
I don't know. I just remember reading during President Obama's first few years in office that news outlets took the Gallop polls and compared President Obama's to President Reagan's ratings for the same time period and it was pretty amazing how similar their rating were.
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not pointed at you.

i wish people would stop glorifying the presidency and just see his job as the executive of the constitution only.
 
Here is the July 2010 article I remembered reading comparing President Obama's poll ratings to President Reagan's poll ratings.

It is a comparison sure to send conservatives, many of whom idolize Reagan and abhor Obama's policies, running for the hills. It will likewise unsettle a good number of Democrats still frustrated by Reagan's policies.

But placed together on a graph the two men's approval ratings snake and jut downwards like a helix, from almost identical starting points, with approval in the high 60s, down to about 50 percent in the first year and a half. (Spoiler Alert: Reagan's popularity continued down to a low of 42 percent and Republicans lost 26 seats in the House of Representatives after two years of the Reagan presidency. Many political experts predict even stiffer losses for Democrats in November.)
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Link to article with graph.

Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan: Approval Ratings, Economy Link First Two Years - ABC News
 
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