Fox News poll shows Obama’s approval has jumped five points

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A new Fox News poll finds that President Obama’s overall job rating has improved 5 percentage points over last month: 45% approve now, up from 40% in September.

“This comes mainly from an increase in approval among his party faithful. Some 84% of Democrats approve of Obama’s performance now, up from a record-low 69% last month during the situation with Syria,” writes Dana Blanton.

Other findings:

  • The president’s approval for his handling of health care is also up.  In the new poll 45 percent of voters approve, while 38 percent approved in September.
  • In addition, while about twice as many voters overall have a favorable opinion of Barack Obama as Ted Cruz, the Texas senator has a healthy 60 percent favorable rating among Tea Partiers.  That’s lower than Obama’s 86 percent favorable rating among Democrats, yet it tops Boehner’s 35 percent among Republicans and Reid’s 34 percent among Democrats.

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.