A new Gallup poll finds that President Obama’s job approval has risen to 57 percent, its highest since he won reelection four years ago. His personal favorable rating is 62 percent, higher than at any time since those hopeful early days of 2009.

In one sense, Obama’s popularity is surprising. His chief legislative accomplishment, Obamacare, remains widely unpopular. Election Day exit polls showed that only 18 percent of voters said it was the right solution. Exit polls also found that only 28 percent of voters want the next president to “continue Obama’s policies.” And for months on the campaign trail, Obama said that he would consider a Trump victory a personal repudiation. In that sense, Obama must consider himself repudiated.