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AP-NORC Poll: Americans high on Obama, divided on his legacy [fresh fakenews]
Associated Press ^ | Jan 9, 2017 8:03 AM EST | Josh Lederman and Emily Swanson

Posted on 01/09/2017 7:37:07 AM PST by Olog-hai

More than half of Americans view President Barack Obama favorably as he leaves office, a new poll shows, but Americans remain deeply divided over his legacy. Fewer than half of Americans say they’re better off eight years after his election or that Obama brought the country together.

An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted after the 2016 election illuminates one of the key contradictions of Obama’s presidency. By and large, Americans like him. Yet Obama has been unable to translate that approval to many of his policies, or to parlay his popularity into fulfillment of his goals.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans said they view Obama favorably, while 37 percent said they have an unfavorable view. Just over half said Obama’s presidency has been great or good.

Those figures contrast sharply with how Americans viewed Obama just a few years ago. In December 2014, the month after Democrats lost control of the Senate, just 41 percent said they viewed Obama favorably in an AP-GfK poll. …

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: apnorcpoll; fakenews; obama; realpropaganda
Of course there is a sharp contrast because this new poll has more lies than the 2014 one.
1 posted on 01/09/2017 7:37:07 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Selective polling allows whatever result you wish for...


2 posted on 01/09/2017 7:42:38 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

This poll is utter and complete BS.


3 posted on 01/09/2017 7:42:54 AM PST by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: Olog-hai

This same polling firm had Trump down 14% less than 2 weeks before the election.


4 posted on 01/09/2017 8:00:16 AM PST by rb22982
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To: rb22982

Well, it is the University of Chicago, after all.


5 posted on 01/09/2017 8:08:32 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The headline should read: Half of Americans ability to think critically is severely damaged.


6 posted on 01/09/2017 8:11:22 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: hal ogen

Don’t believe the poll. It’s the same pollsters that told us Hillary was winning in a landslide.


7 posted on 01/09/2017 8:29:03 AM PST by libh8er
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