Economist poll: Obama approval rating improves, Democrats hold edge.

[Free Trade is managed by the invisible hand.]

A lot of interesting poll questions here....about the oil spill, failed Times square bombing, etc. The polling data on the president and elections is on Page 6. Obama at 50 percent overall approval and 43 percent disapproval. Democrats hold 6 point edge over Republicans on 2010 Congressional ballot, and that lead expands a bit when leaners are included. This mirrors a trend seen on Pollster, which has been showing better results for the president and Democrats as of late.

http://media.economist.com/images/pdf/Toplines20100512.pdf

[Padfoot]

I thought the character questions about Obama on the last two pages were very interesting.  I found it especially surprising that 55% of respondents had no opinion when asked if Obama is "partisan."