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Obama Job Approval at 56% After Nobel Win
Obama Job Approval at 56% After Nobel Win
PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama appears to have gotten a slight bounce in support after he was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday. His 56% job approval rating for the last two Gallup Daily tracking updates is up from a term-low 50% as recently as last week, and 53% in the three ...
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Obama Gets Post-Nobel Bounce, But It May Not Last
Politics Daily — ... President Obama's job approval for the last two Gallup tracking polls has rebounded to 56 percent after hitting a low of 50 percent last week and 53 percent in the survey taken just before it was announced he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. ...

Gallup: Obama Gets Bump, Won't Last
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — Despite the bewilderment from conservatives and liberals alike, Gallup reports that Pres. Obama's job approval rating has actually increased slightly since winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. It had been 53% in the three days leading up to the announcement, but after interviews Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Obama's approval is up to 56% -- his highest mark since early August. However, Gallup's Jeffrey Jones explains why this brief respite from dwindling numbers won't last, especially with discussion this week getting back to health care reform and Afghanistan. "In fact, ...

OMG THAT NOBEL IS GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HATE OBAMA!
INSTAPUTZNope. Barack Obama appears to have gotten a slight bounce in support after he was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday. His 56% job approval rating for the last two Gallup Daily tracking updates is up from a term-low 50% as recently as last week, and 53% in the three days before the Nobel winner was announced.When was the last time wingnuts were right about something? ...

Gallup Poll: Nobel Win May Have Helped Obama
The Moderate Voice — ... Despite a thumbs down from much new and old media punditry, a new Gallup poll suggests that President Barack Obama’s surprising Nobel Peace Prize win may have boosted his approval rating: ...

Obama gets public opinion bounce from Nobel Peace Prize. George W. Bush gets bounce too. Go figure.
Top of the Ticket — ... ), the public seems to like having a president who's popular abroad, at least with the liberal ruling classes in Norway. As Gallup noted, the uptick is a departure from recent months, Obama's best showing since a 58% reading in August, ...

A Day Late And A Dollar Short: Hillary Now More Popular Than Obama
Below The Beltway — ... The results are based on an Oct. 1-4 Gallup survey. The poll was conducted before Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner, which could have helped to improve his favorable rating over the 56% measured in the poll; however, it’s not clear that any such shift would have lasted. In the first days after the prize’s announcement, Obama’s presidential job approval rating noticeably increased, but it has since retreated to its prior level. ...

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