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Obama Approval Hits Two-Year High

April 23, 2015 Buck Banks

48%

Of Americans approve of how President Obama is running the country, compared to 47% who disapprove, a new CNN/ORC poll finds. “That’s the highest mark since May 2013, the last time a plurality of Americans backed the president in the poll. A slight majority, 52%, believes the economy is either ‘very good’ or ‘somewhat good.’”

Obama’s Popularity Soars — In Cuba

April 13, 2015 Buck Banks

80%

President Obama’s favorability rating in Cuba — nearly twice as high was he rates in the United States, according to a new Bendixen & Amandi Poll.

Obama’s Approval Hits 50% for the First Time Since 2013

January 27, 2015 Buck Banks

50%

President Barack Obama’s job approval rating less than a week after his State of the Union speech, according to 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.

GOP Approval Reaches Five-Year High

December 9, 2014 Buck Banks

45%

Republican approval rating — a five-year peak after their wins in the midterm elections, according to a new Bloomberg Politics poll, while President Obama struggles with his lowest job approval rating, at 39 percent. “The White House also is facing a backlash from independents who oppose his unilateral moves on immigration, and just 24 percent say the country is on the right track, the lowest rating since September 2011.”

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Obama’s Approval Rating Falls Among Working-Class Whites

December 1, 2014 Buck Banks

27%

President Obama’s job approval rating among white non-college graduates so far in 2014, 14 percentage points lower than among white college graduates. This is the largest yearly gap between these two groups since Obama took office, a new Gallup poll finds. “These data underscore the magnitude of the Democratic Party’s problem with working-class whites, among whom Obama lost in the 2012 presidential election, and among whom Democratic House candidates lost in the 2014 U.S. House voting by 30 points.”

Second Term Doldrums

October 8, 2014 Buck Banks

Barack Obama’s second term is getting grim,
His approval’s down and the midterms are looking dim.
The gap in enthusiasm
Is looking more like a chasm,
When Obama can’t even get a beach in Hawaii named after him.

Voters Want GOP Congress to Counterbalance Obama’s Policies

April 29, 2014 Buck Banks

53% to 39%

Margin by which voters say they’d rather see the Republicans in control of Congress as a counterbalance to President Obama’s policies than a Democratic-led Congress to help support him, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Meanwhile, Obama’s job approval rating, after a slight winter rebound, has lost 5 points among all adults since March, to 41%, the lowest of his presidency.

Most Approved of POTUS’s SOTU

January 29, 2014 Buck Banks

76%

Of those who watched the State of the Union address last night had a positive reaction to the speech, according to CNN’s instant poll.

Obama’s On the Rebound, Kind of

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 Buck Banks

58%

Of those surveyed in a new Associated Press-GfK Poll said President Obama was very or somewhat likable, so his personal image is on the rebound, up 9 points from October. However, Obama’s approval rate is still upside down at 45% to 53%.

Obama’s Approval Rating Increased Sharply

January 7, 2014 Buck Banks

49%

President Obama’s approval rate is even at 49% to 49% among likely voters, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds. “This is the first time since October 27 that the president’s total disapproval has fallen below 50%. Disapproval peaked at 56% on November 20.”

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Obama Approval Hits Two-Year High

48%

Obama’s Popularity Soars — In Cuba

80%

President Obama’s favorability rating in Cuba — nearly twice as high was he rates in the United States, according to a new Bendixen & Amandi Poll.

Obama’s Approval Hits 50% for the First Time Since 2013

50%

GOP Approval Reaches Five-Year High

45%

Obama’s Approval Rating Falls Among Working-Class Whites

27%

Second Term Doldrums

Voters Want GOP Congress to Counterbalance Obama’s Policies

53% to 39%

Most Approved of POTUS’s SOTU

76%

Of those who watched the State of the Union address last night had a positive reaction to the speech, according to CNN’s instant poll.

Obama’s On the Rebound, Kind of

58%

Of those surveyed in a new Associated Press-GfK Poll said President Obama was very or somewhat likable, so his personal image is on the rebound, up 9 points from October. However, Obama’s approval rate is still upside down at 45% to 53%.

Obama’s Approval Rating Increased Sharply

49%

President Obama’s approval rate is even at 49% to 49% among likely voters, a new Rasmussen Reports survey finds. “This is the first time since October 27 that the president’s total disapproval has fallen below 50%. Disapproval peaked at 56% on November 20.”

Poetic Justice

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“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%