Obama's Approval Rating Up, More Popular Than Bush and Equal to Reagan

Straight Shooter

Straight Shooter

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's approval rating is shifting back toward positive territory, as the public's take on the economy hits a new high mark for Obama's tenure, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

For the first time since May of 2013, more Americans polled say they have a positive impression of how Obama is handling the presidency than a negative one: 48% approve of the way Obama is handling his job, while 47% disapprove.

While the share saying they approve is not significantly larger than the share disapproving, it's a notable shift in perceptions of Obama's presidency.

Obama's numbers are on the rise at the same time the public gives the economy the highest ratings of his presidency.

The poll finds 52% describe the U.S. economy as very or somewhat good, while 48% call it very or somewhat poor. That marks the first time since Obama took office that significantly more people describe the economy as "good" than "poor," and only the second time since then that a majority has described the nation's economy as "good."

The last time significantly more Americans called the economy "good" than "poor" in CNN/ORC polling was September 2007.

Likewise, the public's outlook for the country's economic future is remarkably positive. Sixty percent say they expect the economy to be in good shape a year from now, while just 38% say they think it will be in poor shape. That's the most positive outlook since the height of the 2012 election campaign. Such campaigns typically boost optimism about the economy as people on both sides of the ideological divide believe their candidate will win and ultimately turn things around.

But outside of that campaign, the last time optimism about the economy reached 60% was in April 2009, about three months into Obama's time in office.

Following Obama's re-election in November 2012, his approval ratings took a turn for the better, hitting 55% in January of 2013 just before his second inaugural. But they did not hold.

In June 2013, revelations about National Security Agency surveillance of American citizens preceded a sharp drop in Obama's ratings. The President lost the most ground among young adults then, falling from 65% approval among 18-29 year olds in May to 48% the following month. His support has held around 50% in CNN/ORC polls among that age group since. But in the new poll, approval among 18-29 year olds grew to 57%.

As among young people, other shifts in Obama's favor have come largely from the President's base. His approval ratings now tilt positive among women (51% approve to 43% disapprove, compared with 47% approve to 49% disapprove in last month's CNN/ORC poll), and have also improved among Democrats (88% approve now compared with 82% in March), notably, liberal Democrats (from 90% approve in March to 97% now).

Economic factors can trump other issues and boost a President's approval rating to stratospheric heights.

At this point in his presidency, Bill Clinton held a 60% approval rating following his impeachment trial over the Monica Lewinsky scandal, largely buoyed by a strong economy. George W. Bush posted a 36% approval rating in April 2007, buffeted by the war in Iraq despite mostly positive reviews of the economy.

And the spring of Ronald Reagan's seventh year in office saw him earning a 48% approval rating from the public, a rating that was just beginning to recover from the Iran-Contra affair and didn't get any boost from a tepid economic climate.

Why 52% of Americans think the Obama economy is good

Americans current growing optimism may be due to feelings that their own personal financial standing is improving. The poll finds 42% say they are better off financially than they were a year ago, 34% that they are worse off while 23% are in about the same situation.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/politics/cnn-poll-obama-economy-congress/index.html

Add to the fact that there are now more than 5 million job openings
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...s-rose-by-181-000-in-december-to-5-03-million
 
mikexmoran

mikexmoran

Obama+Guitar2.jpg
 
Deepcover

Deepcover

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The political pundits keep saying it goes to show there are a lot of Americans who admire Pres Obama and a lot of ppl who really and I mean really dislike the President...
 
Jack Davenport

Jack Davenport

Meh, none of those presidents had the luxury of 95 percent of a segment of the population that would approve of him if he was caught drowning puppies.
 
Deepcover

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Growth is now down to 3%, very strong since mostly created by private sector. Unemployment is down, the debt is still huge but the budget deficits are getting smaller. This is, quite literally, a paradigm shift from the Bush years.
 
Jack Davenport

Jack Davenport

Deepcover said:
Growth is now down to 3%, very strong since mostly created by private sector. Unemployment is down, the debt is still huge but the budget deficits are getting smaller. This is, quite literally, a paradigm shift from the Bush years.
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Just what we need. A Canidiot telling us how great things are here. One point, and I have been saying this to you dumb asses since you started boasting about reduced budget deficits. The deficits have dropped under Obama for one reason and one reason only. He started out the gate with a 970 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE. Now shut the fuck up and go eat your moose or elk or whatever it is you feed your face with.
 
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MMMariah

things aren't great here. we have an entire party who doesn't care how many people continue to live in poverty and have zero plan to change the dying off of the middle class. all they talk about is lowering taxes for the wealthy and taking away regulations on businesses and spending more on the military all while taking away health care and social services. A government designed to represent 8% of the population is bullshit. And the funniest part is that every single person on this board posting in favor of the right isn't in that 8%.
 
Straight Shooter

Straight Shooter

MMMariah said:
things aren't great here. we have an entire party who doesn't care how many people continue to live in poverty and have zero plan to change the dying off of the middle class. all they talk about is lowering taxes for the wealthy and taking away regulations on businesses and spending more on the military all while taking away health care and social services. A government designed to represent 8% of the population is bullshit. And the funniest part is that every single person on this board posting in favor of the right isn't in that 8%.
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That's because on top of being white supremacists they're also corporatists
 
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