Obama Approval Among Young Americans Down, But Still Above Average

The Harvard Institute of Politics’ new millennials poll released this week continued that group’s history of tracking college students and young Americans more generally. …

One of the key findings in this latest survey is a drop in Barack Obama’s job approval rating among 18- to 29-year-olds, from 52% in an IOP survey earlier this year to 41% in the current survey, which was in the field Oct. 30-Nov. 11 of this year. …

We can take a look at that phenomenon in more detail using our Gallup Daily tracking data. We have the advantage of being able to look at 18- to 29-year-olds (and all other age groups) as a subset of the total sample of national adults — providing an exact comparison at any and all time points. CONT.

Frank Newport, Gallup

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