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Poll: Obama approval at 50 percent

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A new Public Policy Polling survey has Barack Obama’s job-approval ratings back at the 50 percent mark for the first time since October.

The PPP survey released today has 50 percent of Americans approving of the president’s job performance, with 46 percent expressing disapproval.

Looking at subgroups, Obama has an 83 percent approval rating among Democrats, 46 percent among independents and 14 percent among Republicans.

More from the poll is available on the polling firm’s website: http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/05/obamas-numbers-hit-high-mark.html.




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