Gallup has Obama approval rating at +4 right now

[woolldog]

49-45

Big swing from last week. This could presage a nice sized bounce in the head to head numbers vs Romney.

FYI

[powergirl]

1. So, the prez got a bounce during the Repub Convention

and another one in the Democratic Convention!

[CountAllVotes]

2. Can we say LANDSLIDE yet?

I will, LANDSLIDE!!!!

[C_U_L8R]

3. Not yet

we gotta earn it. GOTV !!!

[rox63]

4. And he hasn't even given his convention speech yet

[TroyD]

5. 49% Approval

I think that's the highest number Obama has had in Gallup in months.

Still showing only a +1 lead over Romney, but hopefully that will increase too.

[CountAllVotes]

6. Still showing only a +1 lead over Romney

49-45 is a lot more than a +1 lead FYI.

[TroyD]

7. I was referring to Obama's lead over Romney

The 49-45 is the Approval Rating, which is the best Obama has had in Gallup in months and is good news.

I was saying that we haven't seen it increase Gallup's Tracking Poll which is still frozen at +1. We're hoping it filters through in the next few days.

[woolldog]

8. The Presidential approval rating is 49-45

The head to head Romney v. Obama is 46-47, +1 for Obama.

The approval numbers are on a 3 day rolling average. The head to head numbers are on a 7 day rolling average, so the head to head numbers are slower to change. The approval numbers shifting so much gives some hope that a change in the head to head numbers is coming.

[sharp_stick]

9. 49% is the approval rating

not the tracking poll lead which is 47-46% as of now. That is if I'm reading the thread correctly.

[TroyD]

10. Gallup improvement may be the best news for Obama yet

It was the only pollster (except Rasmussen) that was consistently showing low numbers for Obama throughout the Summer.

The fact that there has been an improvement in what was one of his worst pollsters should bode well for results from all the other pollsters too.