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Obama’s Job Approval Rating Sees Modest Gain

Reut Cohen |
October 27, 2011 | 6:52 p.m. PDT

Executive Producer

United States President Barack Obama signs into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as Vice President Joe Biden looks on. (White House, Creative Commons)
United States President Barack Obama signs into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as Vice President Joe Biden looks on. (White House, Creative Commons)
President Barack Obama’s latest job approval rating shows a modest gain from recent weeks, with the latest Gallup Daily tracking based on an Oct. 24-26 poll indicating the president's approval is at 43 percent.

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-- the death of Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi and Obama's announcement that virtually all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by Dec. 31.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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