Poll Watchers: Public views post-Osama bin Laden

The elimination of public enemy No. 1 ? Osama bin Laden ? produced a bump in job approval for President Obama in some national polls, with less movement in others. Underlying ratings of priorities and the war in Afghanistan have changed little in two new polls from the AP and NBC released on Tuesday and Wednesday.

? Obama approval: Obama sees a seven percentage point lift in approval in the new AP poll, from 53 percent in late March to 60 percent now ? his highest rating in that poll in two years. That?s similar to the nine-point bounce in our Washington Post-Pew poll on May 2, the night after the announcement of bin Laden?s death. Obama?s ratings saw less movement in the new NBC News poll, at 52 percent now compared with 49 percent in early April.

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