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Obama’s soaring approval numbers are very good news for Hillary Clinton
His ratings are comparable to the last Democratic President's: Bill Clinton's Approval Ratings.
Now compare that with the last Republican President, where he struggled to stay above 30% in his last year: George W. Bush approval ratings.
The last time that President Obama's approval rating in Washington Post-ABC News polling was as high as it is in our new survey was six months after he took office. At 58 percent, Obama's approval is 15 points higher than it was on the eve of the 2014 elections, where his party got blown out. Hillary Clinton's hope is that the reversal of opinions on Obama two years later will also lead to a reversal of fortunes for other Democrats — and there's reason to think that it will.
We'll start by noting that Obama's approval rating in our survey is quite a bit higher than in other recent polls. Earlier this month, CNN-ORC had him at 51 percent. At the end of August, Fox had him at 54. But even in Gallup's weekly averages, Obama has been over 50 percent for most of this year.
His ratings are comparable to the last Democratic President's: Bill Clinton's Approval Ratings.
Now compare that with the last Republican President, where he struggled to stay above 30% in his last year: George W. Bush approval ratings.