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Obama Job Approval Hits 50 for First Time Since 2013
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I'm no fan of Gallup: their polling sucked rocks in 2008, 2010 and 2012. So, if Gallup is showing the President at 50, you can be guaranteed that he is above 50.
At this point in 2007, George W. Bush was at 37%.
Less than a week after President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address to Congress, his job approval rating reached 50% in Gallup Daily tracking conducted Friday through Sunday. This is the first time the president's rating has returned to that level in Gallup's ongoing three-day rolling averages since June 2013.
Only three months ago, in mid-October, 39% of Americans approved of Obama's job performance -- near his term low of 38%, last reached in September. His approval recovered slightly to 42% by the time of the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Following the elections -- after announcing executive actions on immigration and benefiting from an improving economy and falling gas prices -- his approval rating has gradually improved, averaging 44% in December and 46% thus far in January.
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I'm no fan of Gallup: their polling sucked rocks in 2008, 2010 and 2012. So, if Gallup is showing the President at 50, you can be guaranteed that he is above 50.
At this point in 2007, George W. Bush was at 37%.