If the presidential race is a marathon and not a sprint, there’s a ray of sunlight for President Obama: His approval rating ticked up slightly in the period from April 20 to July 19 in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, to 46.8 percent. It’s a small data point, but it’s one that has tripped up previous one-term presidents — Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush both saw their approval rating trend downward in the same period before they lost their re-election bids.
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