US President Barack Obama's approval has risen since the killing of Osama bin Laden, a poll shows. Source: AAP
A MONTH after the bitterly fought election, US President Barack Obama has his highest approval ratings since the killing of Osama bin Laden, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll, and more Americans say the nation is heading in the right direction now than at any time since the start of his first term.
Obama's approval rating stands at 57 per cent, the highest since May 2011, when US Navy SEALs killed the terror leader, and up 5 percentage points from before the election. And 42 per cent say the country is on the right track, up from 35 per cent in January 2009.
A majority think it's likely that the president will be able to improve the economy in his second term.
Still, four years of partisan conflict in Washington have taken a toll on the president's image.
Americans are divided on what kind of president Obama has been, with 37 per cent saying he's been above average or outstanding and 36 per cent describing his tenure as below average or poor. Another quarter say he's been just average.
Obama held much stronger numbers on this measure at the start of his first term, with two-thirds expecting an above-average presidency. And the public's take on Obama's relative performance has bounced back and forth over his four years in office, moving higher following the death of bin Laden, after declining in the northern summer of 2010, a few months before the Republican Party took back control of the House.
Looking ahead to Obama's final four years, most Americans doubt he can reduce the federal budget deficit. But almost seven in 10 say he will be able to implement the health care law passed in March 2010 and remove most troops from Afghanistan. And most think he'll be able to improve the economy and boost race relations in his final term.
About a quarter say the economy is in good shape in the new poll, similar to pre-election poll results, but optimism about the economy has dipped since before the election. In October, 52 per cent of Americans said they expected the economy to get better in the next year; now, that stands at 40 per cent. Among Republicans, the share saying the economy will improve in the coming year has dropped sharply since before the election, from 42 per cent in October to 16 per cent now.
The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted between November 29 and December 3 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and mobilephone interviews with 1002 adults nationwide.
AP
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