More Popular With The Youth, More Popular With Adults

Poll: Romney's Youth Gap

President Barack Obama remains more popular than Mitt Romney - particularly among young voters - despite a recent double-digit rise in the Republican candidate’s favorability ratings, according to a new poll Monday.

Obama’s favorability stands at 56 percent, while 42 percent of Americans have a negative view of the president, a CNN/ORC International poll found. Romney has a 48 percent favorability rating, up from 34 percent in February. Similar to the president, 42 percent of Americans have a unfavorable view of the former Massachusetts governor.

The demographic that most hurts Romney’s popularity is younger Americans under 30 – more than two-thirds of this group have a favorable view of the president, while just four-in-ten in this age group have a positive opinion of the Republican candidate.

The survey also found that six-in-ten people believe Obama has the personality and leadership qualities important for a president to have, compared to just 51 percent who say the same thing about the president’s GOP challenger.

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Polls shows President Obama remains more popular than Romney

Romney's favorable rating among Americans has jumped from 34% in February to 48% now. Forty-two percent say they see Romney in a negative light.

Romney still trails the president, however, who currently has a 56% favorable rating, with 42% saying they have an unfavorable opinion of Obama, the CNN/ORC poll shows. The president's favorable and unfavorable ratings are unchanged from CNN polls in March and April.

"The biggest gap between Obama and Romney's favorable ratings is among younger Americans. More than two-thirds of those under 30 have a favorable view of Obama, compared to only four-in-ten who feel that way about Romney. Romney is much stronger among senior citizens, but the gap is not nearly as big," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Romney may have a small advantage among independent voters, but that is offset by his lower favorable rating among Republicans than Obama has among Democrats."

65% say they have a favorable rating of first lady Michelle Obama, with 27% saying they see her in a negative light.

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President Barack Obama upon his arrival at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois on June 1, 2012 for campaign events.