The comparison between the Republican field and President Barack Obama is improving Democrats’ impression of him, according to new Pew data. A poll from the research organization shows that after two months of the GOP primary process, 49 percent of Democrats view President Obama more positively, 46 see him the same, and four percent have a worse impression of him. “In contrast, there has been virtually no change in Republicans’ views of the GOP field during this period,” Pew wrote. “Just 26% of Republicans say their impression of the GOP field has improved as they have learned more about the candidates. That is largely unchanged from December (30%).”
But that doesn’t exactly mean the the voters overall have made a major jump since the first votes in Iowa. From Pew:
While an increasing percentage of Democrats say their impression of Obama has gotten better as they have learned more about the GOP candidates, overall public views have changed little since December. About as many Americans say their impression of Obama is getting better (23%) as worse (21%) as they have learned more about the Republicans candidates. About half (51%) say their impression of Obama is staying about the same.
