WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Obama closes 2014 with higher poll numbers. Oddly enough, and surprising to me, that's true. Here are his Rasmussen Approval Index numbers:

January 3, 2014: -18, approve, 47%, disapprove, 51%.
December 31, 2014: -14, approve, 49%, disapprove, 49%.

But voter turnout is a different story.