Despite the controversy over his speech to Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeing his favorability ratings among the American public rise,
Gallup reports.
Twice as many Americans view Netanyahu favorably as unfavorably, according to Gallup's most recent polling. Forty-five percent have a favorable view of him, while 24 percent have and unfavorable view.
His favorable score is up 10 points
— from 35 percent
— in 2012 and ties his all-time high from 1998.
Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress at 11 a.m. ET Tuesday over Iran's nuclear ambitions. But about 30 Democrats, including Vice President Joe Biden, will not be attending.
Hill Democrats and the White House are angry over Republican House Speaker John Boehner's breach of protocol in not informing Democrats or the Obama administration about the invitation ahead of time.
As expected, Netanyahu enjoys a higher favorability among Republicans than Democrats.
Sixty percent of Republicans view him favorably, while 18 percent see him unfavorably. Democrats are evenly split with 31 percent seeing him favorably and 31 percent viewing him unfavorably.
Independents also have a high view of Netanyahu in the latest poll. Forty-five percent view him favorably, and about half
— 23 percent
— view him unfavorably.
Gallup notes that even when the prime minister's favorability rating dips, his unfavorability holds steady.
The poll was conducted Feb. 8 to 11 with a sampling error of plus-or-minus 4 percent.
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