The survey marks the 26th in a series conducted by Allstate and Atlantic Media since 2009 exploring how average Americans are adapting to the changing economy. The Atlantic this week is reporting results from the latest poll, which was conducted from June 19 to 24, and primarily examined the public’s attitudes toward fundamental trends shaping American life, as well as their views about which institutions should respond to those challenges.

Obama’s gains in the latest Heartland Poll were broadly based. More independents said they approved (49 percent) than disapproved (42 percent) of his performance. That was the first time he reached positive territory among that group in a Heartland Monitor since immediately after his reelection in November 2012.

Seventy percent of all nonwhite voters said they approved of his performance—his best showing with them since June 2013. Among whites, his approval rating ticked up to 43 percent (with 52 percent disapproving), his best rating in the poll since November 2012.

Obama’s standing remains anemic with non-college whites, the group that has been most drawn to Trump. Just 36 percent of them approved of the president’s performance in the new poll, while 57 percent disapproved: No more than about one-third of working-class whites have given Obama positive marks in any Heartland Poll during his second term.

But among college-educated whites, Obama’s approval surged into positive territory, with 49 percent approving and 47 percent disapproving. That marked the first time since May 2011—and only the third time since the poll’s inception in April 2009—that more college-educated whites approved than disapproved of Obama’s performance.

With college-educated white women, Obama’s approval rating spiked to 53 percent—tied for his second-highest showing with that group in the survey’s history. His positive marks reached 45 percent among college-educated white men (with 53 percent disapproving). That’s his best performance among that group in the poll’s history. For comparison, exit polls found that, in 2012, Obama won just 38 percent of college-educated white men.

Obama’s improved standing, then, may be especially helping Clinton with white-collar white voters. No Democratic presidential nominee in the history of modern polling has carried most of the college-educated whites. But the Heartland survey, like many other recent national polls, shows Clinton leading Trump among them.

Obama’s rise is even more striking because on most other questions, the survey found Americans are still wary about the economy and the country’s overall direction—with one important exception.

Just 22 percent of those surveyed, for instance, said the country was heading in the right direction, while 66 percent described it as off on the wrong track. That essentially matches the 23 percent “right track” results in November 2013 and September 2015 as the nadir for Obama’s second term.