Obama approval rating up to 51% in new poll
Boosted by growing optimism about the economy, President Obama is showing signs of reassembling the coalition of support that powered him to his 2008 presidential victory.
In the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll, Obama’s approval rating rose to 51 percent, up from only 44 percent in each of the previous polls taken in October and December. That’s Obama’s highest approval rating in the Heartland Monitor since the survey taken immediately after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May. Other than that, the new survey marks the first time that Obama’s approval rating in the poll has crossed the critical 50 percent threshold since September 2009.
With most of these groups, Obama’s approval rating is approaching his actual share of the 2008 vote. His approval rating now falls just short of his vote total among all whites (41 percent now, compared with 43 percent in 2008); nonwhites (76 percent versus 80 percent in 2008); independents (49 percent now versus 52 percent in 2008); college-educated white women (49 percent versus 52 percent); and noncollege white women (39 percent versus 41 percent). His approval ratings in the latest poll have surpassed his 2008 vote among Hispanics (72 percent versus 67 percent) and college-educated white men (44 percent versus 42 percent). Two notable exceptions: The president’s approval ratings among younger whites (41 percent) and white independents (40 percent) remain well below his 2008 totals.
http://nationaljournal.com/magazine/stronger-but-not-secure-20120315
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