Yes, we're happy to see you, AND there's a poll in our pocket:
Obama Approval Reaches 3-Year High After Americans Get Good Look at Possible Futurehttps://t.co/YeS5eLJI4x pic.twitter.com/xXXgEFAFBE— CAFE (@cafedotcom) March 30, 2016
Here are the numbers:
Gallup has Obama at 53-44 percent approval in its daily tracking—three points higher than when the polling company sent out a headline earlier this month stating his approval rating was at its "Highest Level Since May 2013." Yeah, we know... Gallup. But the trend holds in other recent polls.See also Luckovich, Mike, below.
Obama now rates just slightly better than Ronald Reagan did in March of 1988, just before Republicans took a third turn in the White House.
But the question is, what's at play? Though Obama has drawn some positive headlines lately—like looking very presidential during his Cuba trip—I would argue that his jump in popularity is inversely proportional to that of Republicans who have simply dominated 2016 headlines. In January, for instance, when people really started paying attention to the presidential race, they got a look at the GOP "dream team" and, guess what? Obama started looking pretty good. (our emphasis)
