Obama's approval is up - again.

[Drunken Irishman]

Not only has Obama seen an improvement in his approval rating according to Gallup (49% today) - his favorability rating is the highest it's been since 2013.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/183362/obama-favorable-rating-best-september-2013.aspx?utm_source=Politics&utm_medium=newsfeed&utm_campaign=tiles

Not bad!

[Adrahil]

1. You wouldn't know it by looking at DU.

I swear, half the posters here are right wing trolls, and the about half of the remainder are people falling for the trolling....

[MoonRiver]

4. Wow, farfetched some?

[MoonRiver]

10. They'll never be friends with the black man in the White House.

Believing otherwise is naive.

[raindaddy]

26. Exactly...

With that said most of the public is clueless as far as the TPP. The media doesn't cover it and the President doesn't want us to see it.

[jberryhill]

31. The 1% is, by definition, a pretty small group

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. Favorable rating by party

[JustAnotherGen]

14. You mean to tell me

He rates higher than?

You don't say - how about that!

[treestar]

22. There goes that theory

Independent approval and Democratic approval up since Feb. R approval down.

[Cali_Democrat]

15. Are you having trouble reading the poll?

Republicans only have a 13% approval rating of him.

You should probably check your facts before posting nonsense.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. Had you followed the link, you'd know that he's up with Democrats & Independents. So you....

just threw away a talking point for nada.

[99Forever]

3. Right wing trolls?

Ya mean like those opposed to the TPA which EVERY FUCKING REPUBLICAN SENATOR, and only 13 (kinda, sorta like) Democratic Senators voted for? That the kind of "right wing trolls" you referring to?

How's about you call some of those "right wing trolls" out by name? That is, if you have the guts.

Step right up and take swing at it.

[Enthusiast]

23. +1 an entire shit load.

[treestar]

24. a right wing troll would not be against it

but would pretend to be, thinking that is an issue that can get Democrats and other liberals to fall for it.

[Scootaloo]

30. So pretty much every Democrat in congress is being trolled or are themselves trolls?

Interesting theory. here's another one: the president is wrong this time.

[Adrahil]

35. They are here....

I used to do a little trolling at some RW sites. Some members there brag about trolling here. Some were very good at doing exactly like this kind of trolling.

So, be all the indignant you want, but they are here, though obviously I was being a bit facetious.

[99Forever]

36. Indignant, my ass.

You got an accusation to make? Make it, directly, minus the weeny dance. It means squat till then.

[m-lekktor]

6. DUers are "higher information" than the average low info american who is polled.

political junkies are better informed!

[PatrickforO]

13. Unfortunately those 'average low info' Americans will be

the death of our republic.

[redstateblues]

34. beat me to the punch!

On DU he is just slightly better than Bush, even worse to some. I think he has been an exceptional President considering the circumstances.

[MaggieD]

5. Awesome!!

I read a stat that if it is above 48% come election time the current president's party usually returns to the WH.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Looking at other presidents with this time in office,

Truman was lower - a Republican followed him.
Eisenhower was higher - a Democrat followed him
Reagan was about the same (though his approval went up right at the end of his presidency) - a Republican followed him
Clinton was higher - a Republican followed him
Dubya was lower - a Democrat followed him

I'd say there's no pattern. Only once since ww2 has the same party stayed in power 3 terms in a row.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. I think it's fair to say if Obama had Bush* like favorability ratings it would be much harder...

I think it's fair to say if Obama had Bush* like favorability ratings it would be much harder to hold the White House.

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. Yes, it would be harder

and I suppose my classifying Clinton as 'followed by a Republican' is forgetting that Gore won the popular vote, and probably Florida (and thus the presidency too) if only it had been counted properly. But Eisenhower's popularity wasn't enough for Nixon to win after him.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. Nixon came scaringly close against a very good campaigner./NT

[freshwest]

8. I followed a Rec'd OP link to see what else the author wrote.

He said Obama had the highest UNFAVORABLE rating EVER.

Who you gonna believe?

No wonder the board is full of Democratic hate.

[Scurrilous]

9. Good news!

K & R

[sheshe2]

11. Bravo~

[SidDithers]

16. DU rec for pissing off all the right people...nt

Sid

[MisterP]

21. so why's he incinerating all that in order to get TPP passed?

or is the argument here that pushing for the TPP is driving up his approval rating?

[raindaddy]

27. Good question...

The media refuses to cover it and the President will prosecute our reps if they leek any information to the public.. So I'd say probably not.

How long did it take Bush's ratings to slide after people finally realized he screwed them over with his attack on Iraq?

[daa]

33. Wait until they find Medicare cuts in TPP. Nt

[Iliyah]

25. K & R!

Some DU posters remind me of Kathy Bates character in The Waterboy.

Everything was the devil!

LOL

[DCBob]

32. That great news. Imagine what his numbers would be if RW media wasn't trashing him 24/7.

I doubt he really care though what his approval ratings are. He simply wants to do what's best for America and world regardless of what people think of him.