{UAH} Obama's approval rating is at its highest point in years, and that could be a big problem for Donald Trump

Brett LoGiurato , 2016, APBarack Obama.

Two years ago, President Barack Obama was largely absent from the campaign trail. Prospective and incumbent senators and House members shied away. His approval rating languished near the lowest point of his presidency.

Two years later, the script has flipped. He is trying to help elect the second-least-popular nominee in modern presidential history, Hillary Clinton, to carry on his legacy in office. And he's perhaps her best surrogate.

"Obama is the single most effective surrogate she has, and I can't remember a time when an incumbent president this popular campaigned this hard for his party's nominee," said Jon Favreau, the former director of speechwriting for Obama.

Obama hits the trail again Tuesday, when he heads to Philadelphia to campaign for Clinton as she rests to recover from pneumonia and as her campaign looks to turn around a rough past week in her matchup with the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

In a Washington Post poll released over the weekend, the president's approval rating hit an astounding 58%. That is 15 points higher than it was in a Post poll from right before the 2014 midterm elections. And it's the highest level since he hit that point six months into his presidency.

"He is the most popular Democrat in the country, and as his term comes toward an end, the intensity of love for him only grows," said Steve Schale, a former Obama campaign state director. "'Elect Hillary to protect President Obama's legacy' is a very powerful message for Democrats."

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