Obama’s Job Approval Rating Sees Modest Gain
Obama’s job approval “has been at or above 42% in each of the last seven days,” according to Gallup. In the last two weeks the president’s approval has been at or below 40 percent. Here’s more from Gallup:
More broadly, Obama's approval rating averaged 40% from Oct. 1-19, but 43% since Oct. 20.
The increase in Obama's approval rating could be tied to two recent major foreign policy events -- the death of Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi and Obama's announcement that virtually all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by Dec. 31. Additionally, the U.S. stock market has shown gains this month, particularly in the past week.
Although Obama’s approval rating has shown a modest increase, more Americans are reportedly dissatisfied with the direction the country is headed. In an Anderson Robbins Research poll for Fox News 76 percent of those polled said they were dissatisfied with the direction of the country—an increase from 69 percent in April and 61 percent in January.
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