Republicans, you are not doing a good job at tanking the economy. According to this new poll by the Washington Post, the president’s work on the economy is paying off, and Americans are giving Mr. Obama some much needed credit.
Per a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Monday, Obama’s approval rating is back at 50%, the highest recorded in that poll since spring of 2013, and a nine-point shift since December. 44% disapprove of Obama, ten points lower than in December, one of the few times in his second term he’s been above water.
The WaPo poll echoes those by PEW and Gallup that have also found Obama’s approval rating trending upward in the last two months.
The spike in his approval is largely attributed to steadily improving job numbers combined with plunging gas prices. (Some even wonder whether the decrease in gas prices might have saved the Democrats had it happened only a couple months ago.)
