With President Barack Obama’s job approval rating up nearly three percentage points in the first quarter, he continues to maintain a wide lead in approval over the popularity-challenged U.S. Congress. In fact, if maintained, the 34-percentage-point gap between Obama’s 49% average job approval rating thus far in 2016 and the 15% average approval rating for Congress would be the widest of Obama’s presidency, and one of the largest Gallup has measured since 1981. CONT.
Lydia Saad, Gallup