Two state polls out Thursday offer some good news for President Obama, showing significant improvements in his approval rating.
In Florida, a Quinnipiac University poll found 51 percent of voters in the state approve of the way Mr. Obama is handling his job as president, up from 44 percent in early April. Independent voters, who had disapproved of the president?s job performance last month by a 16-point margin, are now about evenly split in their assessment of him.
In New Jersey, 55 percent of voters in a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll now say they approve of the way Mr. Obama is handling his job as president, up from 47 percent in early April. And while New Jersey voters are still more negative than positive about the direction of the country, the percentage saying the country is on the wrong track is down six percentage points since early last month.
These state polls reflect a national trend found in Gallup?s daily tracking poll. In results released Thursday, 52 percent of adults nationwide say they approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing, similar to results from Gallup?s tracking polls released in the last few days. In Gallup?s early April tracking polls, his approval rating hovered at around 45 percent.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted May 17-23 among 1,196 registered voters in Florida. The Fairleigh Dickinson University poll was conducted May 16-22 among 804 registered voters in New Jersey. Each poll was conducted by telephone and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/obama-approval-ratings-up-in-two-states/
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