Contrasting Obama / Trump Approval Ratings

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(via Democratic Underground)

BONUS: Andy Borowitz' headline says it all:  MOVING VANS ARRIVE AT WHITE HOUSE TO REMOVE ALL TRACES OF COMPETENCE, DIGNITY

Poll: Trump Already Failing At Presidentin'

From the latest Quinnipiac poll:

American voters approve 55 - 39 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, his best approval rating in seven years, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. These same voters disapprove 51 - 37 percent of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president-elect.  

Donald Trump will be a worse president than Barack Obama, 45 percent of voters say, while 34 percent say he will be a better president and 15 percent say he will be about the same, American voters tell the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University Poll. 

Sad!

Just a reminder that Trump and the Republicans Have. No. Mandate.

Guess Who's Having His Birthday Today

Hint:  His approval rating (54%) is approaching his age (55).

Here's a photo gallery of him through the years.

Yeah, it's this guy (taking our call wishing him a happy birthday):



(Photo:  White House)

Tweet Of The Day - Invidious Comparisons Edition

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.

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)

See also Luckovich, Mike, below.