President Obama’s standing with the American public is improving as he nears the final 18 months of his presidency, and a combination of solid economic numbers, finding common ground with Republicans, and a diminished need to serve as the partisan leader of Democrats should augur well for the stretch run. …
Not surprisingly, the trends in Obama’s overall approval ratings have improved as Americans’ views of his handling of the economy have risen because jobs and the economy typically rank as the issues most important to them. … But Alec Tyson, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center, said that while a growing economy can improve Americans’ view of the president, lingering worries about their own outlooks can limit that effect. CONT.
Jonathan Allen, Vox