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applegrove

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Wed Jul 16, 2014, 06:35 PM Jul 2014

How Barack Obama Went From 68% Approval To 38% To 58% To 39% To 44%

How Barack Obama Went From 68% Approval To 38% To 58% To 39% To 44%

by Allan SMITH at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/triumphs-and-disasters-peaks-and-valleys-obama-2014-7

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March 12, 2014 — March 14, 2014: 39%

The developing disaster involving Crimea and the increased Russian presence in the area was grabbing headlines around the world and possibly playing a role in the president's abysmal approval ratings. That month, the Associated Press reported that some Republicans thought Obama's economic sanctions against Russia were too weak.

July 12, 2014 — July 14, 2014: 44%

Although President Obama was recently voted the worst president since World War II in a Quinnipiac University poll, his numbers in the Gallup tracker have actually improved over the past couple of weeks.


The bump in his approval rating came after a strong jobs report came out earlier this month. The U.S. added 288,000 jobs in June and 1.4 million jobs for the first half of the year — the strongest six-month stretch of job growth since 2006, according to CNN Money. Unemployment also went from 6.3% in May to 6.1% for June.


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He's no Reagan! napkinz Jul 2014 #1
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