--- ---  # Obama’s Approval Rating Hits 30-Month High of 51%, Poll Finds by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 19, 2015 7:23 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama holds a joint press conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, not seen, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama holds a joint press conference with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, not seen, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 2015.Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 19, 2015 7:23 PM UTC A slim majority of the public approves of President Barack Obama’s job performance, according to a new poll that shows his approval rating at a 30-month high. According to a new [Washington _Post–_ABC News poll](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/19/poll-obamas-approval-rating-hits-an-18-month-high-is-back-over-50-percent/), 51% of the public approves of the Obama Administration while 45% disapprove, the best numbers for the President the poll has registered since May 2013. The past few months have seen several success for the Obama Administration, including achieving a nuclear deal with Iran and the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the Affordable Care Act. The country has also seen a continuing decline in unemployment and low gas prices. The latest poll, however, may be an outlier: other recent polls show him with even or underwater approval ratings, and the Real Clear Politics polling average for the month of October shows him with a 45.3-to-50.3 approval-disapproval rating. \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/19/poll-obamas-approval-rating-hits-an-18-month-high-is-back-over-50-percent/)\] President Obama’s Approval Hits Over 50% With 30-Month High ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4078675/obama-poll-rating-approval-high/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4078675/obama-poll-rating-approval-high/"},"headline":"Obama’s Approval Rating Hits 30-Month High of 51%, Poll Finds","datePublished":"2015-10-19T19:23:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:54:35.988Z","description":"Obama's best numbers since May 2013","url":"https://time.com/4078675/obama-poll-rating-approval-high/","keywords":["The White House","President Barack Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1ba915800264d9b/698868e62dce01f08e9e6150/gettyimages-492979104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1ba915800264d9b/698868e62dce01f08e9e6150/gettyimages-492979104.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-492979104","caption":"South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House October 16, 2015 in Washington, DC. North Korea was high on the agenda and Park is seeking more cooperation with the U.","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-white-house/","name":"The White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4078675/obama-poll-rating-approval-high/","name":"Obama’s Approval Rating Hits 30-Month High of 51%, Poll Finds"}}]}] ```