More Americans rate Obama highly
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December 8, 2012, Saturday
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A MONTH after the bitterly fought election, US President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term.
Obama's approval rating stands at 57 percent, the highest since May 2011, when US Navy SEALs killed the terror leader, and up 5 percentage points from before the election. And 42 percent say the country is on the right track, up from 35 percent in January 2009.
Most say Obama will lift the economy in his second term.
"Compared to the alternative, I'm more optimistic about government and the economy with him in office," said Jack Reinholt, an independent from Rhode Island, who backed Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Still, four years of partisan conflict in Washington have hurt the president's image.
"I'm less enthusiastic about him than the first time he was elected," Reinholt added.
Obama's approval rating stands at 57 percent, the highest since May 2011, when US Navy SEALs killed the terror leader, and up 5 percentage points from before the election. And 42 percent say the country is on the right track, up from 35 percent in January 2009.
Most say Obama will lift the economy in his second term.
"Compared to the alternative, I'm more optimistic about government and the economy with him in office," said Jack Reinholt, an independent from Rhode Island, who backed Obama in 2008 and 2012.
Still, four years of partisan conflict in Washington have hurt the president's image.
"I'm less enthusiastic about him than the first time he was elected," Reinholt added.
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