Barack Obama is now viewed more positively than Ronald Reagan was in 1988

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Source: Washington Post

Pollster.com's Charles Franklin was a little ahead of the curve Sunday morning when he pointed out that President Obama's approval rating right now is among the highest Election-Day approval ratings in recent history.

Franklin tracked recent survey results by party to evaluate Obama's approval, finding that, at 52.1 percent on average, he's viewed more positively now than Ronald Reagan was at the end of his second term, but not as positively as was Bill Clinton at the end of his.

On Election Day 2012, Obama was right at 50 percent, according to Gallup. For past presidents, we have to interpolate from poll numbers on either side of Election Day. But Franklin appears to be right: Obama's more popular now than was Reagan in 1988 -- or any modern era president in office at election time in the past four decades except Clinton in 2000 and Reagan in 1984.

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Barack Obama is our Ronald Reagan. In fact he is better. He is truly going to be remembered as one of the best and most transformational Presidents in our country's history.

[Democat]

1. For all of the negativity about America, this shows that some things have improved

Who would have ever thought back in 1988 that a black man would not only be president today, but that he would be more popular than Ronald Reagan.

[dalton99]

22. No kidding.

[lapfog_1]

2. If we had given him a congress he could work with

for more than 2 years... think of all the good he could have done.

[Iliyah]

4. 8 years and over of all the hateful things the opposite side did help fueled

by our so called "mutual" media. Congrats to him!

[Paladin]

5. As he damned well OUGHT to be viewed. (nt)

[underpants]

8. Reagan has a media that he praised him. OBAMA has new levels of media built on attacking him.

His actual rating is much higher.

[mpcamb]

18. The good old days...

With what Trump did with media, it's
These Are the Good Old Days.

The future looks a bit ominous.

[Mc Mike]

15. He has an unfair advantage.

Prez O has all his marbles. And he hasn't been selling weapons to Iran and using the funds for an illegal war and drug running op in Central America.

[RT_Fanatic]

16. Looks like the link is broken

I got a message saying the page I was looking for isn't available.

[aaaaaa5a]

17. I apologize. The link is now fixed. nt

[JI7]

27. I think Reagan will be viewed negatively as more time goes by

[Rex]

28. Agree. He will be remembered as one of the greatest transitional

POTUS in history. He was constantly underrated by people that hated him for his lineage and nothing more. THEY OTOH will NOT be remembered. Just a footnote in history for most of his detractors at best.

The GOP brand will be noted as finally fracturing apart into smaller groups that hate each other. They did it to themselves, like a pack of rabid dogs finally turning on each other.

Meanwhile we are stronger than ever, about to get a mandate and the Senate. Not to bad.

[Matilda]

29. Could it be in part

because he just seems to be having fun?

He's less guarded, laughing more, and just enjoying himself.

Makes you realise how much you'll miss him.

[PatrickforO]

38. Indeed.

We will all miss him.

[Raine]

32. GOOD, he deserves to have higher approval ratings then that horrid Raygun who

was one of the worst presidents ever..

[mahina]

33. I should certainly hope so! He has worked his heart out

With the American people in mind. He has given us so much.

Reagan took so much.

[Odin2005]

34. My parents definitely didn't view Reagan positively.

As a kid growing up I thought the former president's name was "God-Damn Reagan" because that is what they called him!

[PatrickforO]

37. Obama will go down as a GREAT president.

[Nitram]

39. Yes! I feel all true liberals and patriots can be proud of Barack Hussein Obama.

Our president!

[hollowdweller]

40. THE GOP SPENT YEARS AFTER REAGAN BUILDING HIM INTO A LEGEND. WILL WE DO OBAMA?

Oh and Reagan had the cooperation of many dems. After Obama could a GOP candidate get the same help?

[Crowman1979]

44. More like building Reagan into a false idol.

Which ironically is frequently mentioned in the book used frequently by RW-assholes as an abomination, and in the 10 commandments. Yet, all they care about is dem gayaaays.

[Crowman1979]

41. Anyone with a brain knows how f'ed the Reagan administration was on...

1) Horrendous budget defecits.
2) Bringing drugs into the inner-cities via central america.
3) Funding war criminals in central america.
4) Wasteful military spending.
and most importantly 5) Ignoring the AIDS epidemic and allowing the Talabangelicals to demonize the LGBTQ community for it.

Feel free to add more in a response if I forgot anything.

[leftyladyfrommo]

46. I sure like him a lot better than Reagan. nt