65 percent approve of Obama after 100 days

PRINCETON, N.J., April 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating stood at 65 percent as he completed his first 100 days in office, a poll released Wednesday indicated.

Gallup Poll Daily tracking for the week of April 20-26 found Obama's approval rating was high among nearly all major demographic categories of Americans, while a majority of Republicans and self-described "conservatives" disapproved of his job performance, the pollsters said.

Only 29 percent of respondents overall gave the president a "disapproval" rating.

Among demographic groups, Obama's strongest backers were blacks, 96 percent of whom said they approved of the job he is doing, while Hispanics were nearly as supportive at 85 percent approval. Although Obama had markedly less support among whites, he still polled a solid majority of 57 percent among them, Gallup said.

An income gap was evident in Obama's support, with 76 percent of those earning less than $24,000 per year approving of his job performance, but only 57 percent of those earning between $60,000 and $89,999 per year approving.

The poll included interviews with 3,534 adults and carried a 2-percentage-point margin of error.