President Obama’s popularity surges to three-year high

[octoberlib]

Source: Washington Post

President Obama is riding a wave of personal popularity into his second term, with his highest favorability ratings since his first year in office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Fully 60 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of Obama in the new poll, up slightly from October but a clear shift in opinion from an election year in which his ratings hovered in the mid-to-low 50s. And by 39 percent to 26 percent, the president now has more “strongly” positive ratings than strongly negative reviews, breaking a two-year stretch in which intense opposition was on par with (or higher than) intense support.
Two groups that voted against Obama in November are also beginning to tilt in his direction. Independents see him favorably by a 60-to-36 percent margin, compared with a 51-45 split a year ago. And 51 percent of those ages 65 and older now see Obama favorably, up 11 points from January 2012. Independent voters backed Mitt Romney over Obama by six points in November, and seniors favored Romney by 12 points, according to the national exit poll.
Partisans’ opinions have changed the least over time. Fully 80 percent of Republicans have an unfavorable view of Obama, similar to 78 percent last January. Even more Democrats, 92 percent, say the opposite, with favorable ratings ticking up five points from last year.



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[Drunken Irishman]

1. Hey, I like the guy!

[madokie]

15. Plus I see him as doing a good job in face of the opposition

due to his being black and a democrat. His opposition is not idealogy it is racism and fear. The gop is scared that the glass ceiling has been broken meaning they'll not be back in the white house in the foreseeable future.

[Berlum]

2. Republicans pitch an unholy snit fit

of malcontented misanthropic misbegotten jealously.

[liberal N proud]

3. It is like the harder the republicans and FOX try to stop him, the better people like him

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Especially now that he is calling them out by name!

[calimary]

7. Yeah! That's the best part!

GOBAMA!!!!!!

[Scurrilous]

4. Good news!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Still should be higher, but I'll take it.

[ballaratocker]

8. It's as high as it is

because next to this opposition, any sane person would look awesome.

[olddad56]

11. "They don't think it be like it is, but it do"-----Oscar Gamble

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. This is excellent news. This is gonna piss off the ODS crowd, on both sides.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Kick this one

[southernyankeebelle]

12. All I can say is keep it up Fox News, Limpy, Beck and teapublicans. The more hate you

put on Obama the more love he gets from us. They haven't figured it out yet. I don't know how many more elections it is going to take for them to get it.

[Bigmack]

13. kick... excellent answer for the Obama-haters. nt

[cosmicone]

14. Yay !! About time! n/t

[Third Doctor]

16. More Tbagger heads just exploded.

[yellowcanine]

17. "Obama's approval ratings lower than NRA." - George Will Jan 25, 2012

Poor George. Skewered by Gallup - AGAIN!

Happy days are not here again, but they are coming for conservatives. Barack Obama — with the lowest approval rating (according to Gallup, 50 percent, four points lower than that of the National Rifle Association) of any reelected president when inaugurated since World War II — has a contradictory agenda certain to stimulate a conservative revival.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-25/opinions/36548660_1_climate-change-powerful-storms-kyoto-approach