Clinton’s popularity at nearly an all-time high

Hillary Clinton’s favorable rating is at nearly the highest it has been in the 17 years that Gallup has been polling people about her. In a poll this month, 62 percent gave her a favorable rating, higher than President Obama’s 56 percent. Clinton’s highest rating — 67 percent favorable — was in December 1998, soon ...

Hillary Clinton's favorable rating is at nearly the highest it has been in the 17 years that Gallup has been polling people about her. In a poll this month, 62 percent gave her a favorable rating, higher than President Obama's 56 percent. Clinton's highest rating -- 67 percent favorable -- was in December 1998, soon after her husband, then president, was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Hillary Clinton’s favorable rating is at nearly the highest it has been in the 17 years that Gallup has been polling people about her. In a poll this month, 62 percent gave her a favorable rating, higher than President Obama’s 56 percent. Clinton’s highest rating — 67 percent favorable — was in December 1998, soon after her husband, then president, was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Among Democrats, 91 percent have a favorable rating of Clinton. For Republicans it’s 35 percent, and for independents it’s 55 percent.

Meanwhile, Obama’s 56 percent favorable rating is the lowest it has been since late 2007, and his unfavorable rating — 40 percent — is his highest ever. (The telephone poll of 1,013 American adults was conducted Oct. 1 to 4, before the announcement of his Nobel Peace Prize, which might have temporarily lifted his favorable rating.)

(The margin of error for 95 percent confidence is ± 4 percentage points.)

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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