President Barack Obama's favorability ratings have increased by four points since March, reaching the highest score since September 2013, a new poll has found.
According to a
Gallup poll conducted May 6-10 of 1,024 adults, 53 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the president. His job approval rating has also seen an increase, standing at 46 percent.
Gallup noted that favorability ratings and job approval ratings often move in tandem, and that Americans in general are more inclined to give Obama a favorable personal rating than they are to approve the job he is doing.
The gap between job approval and favorability ratings during Obama's tenure has been as wide as eight points and as narrow as two points, the latter of which was just after he was re-elected, Gallup said.
"The recent increase in how Americans view Obama, and likely also his performance, might have something to do with his attempts to bridge various communities in recent months — such as police and racial minorities; Cuba and the U.S.; and members of Congress from both parties who are pro- and anti-trade," Gallup said in a statement.
Democrats and independents accounted for the largest increases in favorability. Ninety percent of Democrats view him favorably, up from 85 percent in November, and 52 percent of independents view him favorably, up from 35 percent in November.
Republican favorability ratings have stayed broadly flat at just 13 percent in the current poll, up from 12 percent in November, Gallup found.
"Depending on how the final 20 months of his presidency go, Obama's relatively buoyant favorability might stand in stark contrast to that of his two predecessors — President Bill Clinton, whose yearly averages peaked in his fifth year and dipped thereafter; and President George W. Bush, whose favorable ratings spiked early on in his presidency and descended rapidly in his second term."
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