UTICA, NY — Last week’s address to Congress by President Barack Obama on job creation seems to have helped his job approval, which rose three points to 42%, and the percentage of voters saying he deserves re-election up six points to 39%, a new IBOPE Zogby poll found. 

The percentage of voters who say the nation is on the wrong track dropped to 70% this week after hitting a record high of Obama’s term last week at 75%.

The survey, conducted from Sept. 9-12, found proposals in Obama’s jobs speech do not get high marks, but he performed better with both Democrats and independents than he did a week ago on both job approval and his re-election.