Approval

If you remove all data from partisan pollsters (Both R and D. I include both Fox and Rasmussen in this category), Obama's approval is still better than both his popular vote percentage and popular vote margin:



AND it seems like his approval is on an upward trajectory.

Obama's Policy Support

Frequently, pundits are saying that Obama is personally more popular than most of his policies. I disagree:

An ABC poll shows that 3/4 of Americans favor reducing greenhouse gases - a majority even supports this STRONGLY, 2/3 favor normalizing relations with Cuba (perhaps an outcome of the meager positive developments in their policy), 3/5 prefer stricter levels of gun control, 3/5 also support granting illegal immigrants some form of residency (majority support exists across the political spectrum). The latest ABC poll pegged his approval at 69% - this is roughly equal to most of these positions...