President Barack Obama’s approval rating is on the rise as Americans’ views of the economy improve, a poll released Wednesday suggests.

Obama’s job approval rating has jumped 5 points, to 47 percent, since December, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, while his disapproval rating stayed high, at 48 percent. Last January, Obama’s approval rating in the poll was 43 percent, and his numbers lingered in the low 40s throughout most of 2014.

Americans’ improving views of the president come as their sentiments about the economy are also improving. For the first time in five years, more Americans said Obama’s economic policies have made things better rather See More http://nairaland.com/poll-barack-obama-approval-rating-ticks-upward/