The Gallup Poll publishes daily a three-day average of the job approval for the president -- and the latest job approval number was 50%. That's the highest job approval percentage since June of 2013 (more than a year and a half ago). This latest survey was done between January 23rd and 25th of a random national sample of 1,527 adults, and has a margin of error of 3 points.
They also looked at the latest numbers for several groups, and compared them to the presidential job approval just one month ago -- in December 2014. As the chart above shows, the approval of the president has risen in almost every group (and the two groups showing a small drop in approval have a difference that is within the poll's margin of error).
The truth is that about half of all Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing. Meanwhile, the Republican-controlled Congress (which is acting like it has a mandate of support from the people) is still mired down at about 15.2% (the RealClearPolitics average of all the latest polls).
The Republicans had better be careful about butting heads with an increasingly popular president. They could find themselves back down into single digits (and go into the next election with most Americans hating them).
