Compare Performance to Past Presidents                  Search Presidential Approval Rate

Latest Job Performance Ratings for President Bush

Date	Organization	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion	Sample Size	Notes
5/8-11/08	ABC/WP	31	66	2	1122
5/1-8/08	LAT	23	72	5	2208
5/1-3/08	Gallup/USA Today	28	67	5	1019
5/1-3/08	CBS/NYT	28	63	9	671
428-30/08	CNN	28	71	1	1008
4/28-29/08	Fox/OpinDynamics	32	60	8	900	RV
4/25-28/08	CBS/NYT	28	65	7	1065
4/25-28/08	NBC/WSJ	27	66	7	1107	RV
4/23-27/08	Pew	27	65	8	1502
4/18-20/08	Gallup/USA Today	28	69	4	1016
4/16-17/08	Newsweek	28	65	7	1356	RV
4/10-13/08	ABC/WP	33	64	2	1197
4/2-6/08	Harris	26	72	2	1018
3/28-4/2/08	CBS/NYT	28	64	8	1368
3/25-27/08	Democracy Corps	31	64	5	1000	LV

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General Approval Trend for President Bush (2001-)

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-02-07
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-03-01
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-03-09
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-03-28
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-04-12
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-04-23
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-05-10
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-06-13
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-07-10
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-08-02
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-09-13
Rate (percent)	82

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-09-20
Rate (percent)	86

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-09-27
Rate (percent)	84

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-10-05
Rate (percent)	87

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-10-12
Rate (percent)	89

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-10-25
Rate (percent)	87

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-11-02
Rate (percent)	87

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-11-09
Rate (percent)	88

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-11-27
Rate (percent)	89

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-12-07
Rate (percent)	86

	Approve Rate
Date	2001-12-16
Rate (percent)	79

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-01-09
Rate (percent)	78

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-01-21
Rate (percent)	82

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-01-31
Rate (percent)	80

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-02-08
Rate (percent)	82

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-03-01
Rate (percent)	81

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-03-08
Rate (percent)	80

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-03-21
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-04-05
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-04-18
Rate (percent)	78

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-04-26
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-05-03
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-05-18
Rate (percent)	75

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-05-28
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-06-08
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-06-18
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-06-28
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-07-09
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-07-13
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-07-22
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-07-26
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-08-05
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-08-26
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-09-03
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-09-05
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-09-16
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-09-23
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-10-03
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-10-14
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-10-23
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-10-28
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-11-06
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-11-15
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-12-05
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2002-12-16
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-01-01
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-01-13
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-01-19
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-01-30
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-02-05
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-02-10
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-02-19
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-03-03
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-03-14
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-03-20
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-03-25
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-03-29
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-04-02
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-04-08
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-04-12
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-04-26
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-05-06
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-05-19
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-06-03
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-06-19
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-07-07
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-08-05
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-08-24
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-09-08
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-09-15
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-09-23
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-10-06
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-10-14
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-10-24
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-11-03
Rate (percent)	46

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-11-12
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-12-01
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-12-11
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2003-12-21
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-01-07
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-01-13
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-01-26
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-02-04
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-02-10
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-02-18
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-03-04
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-03-16
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-03-23
Rate (percent)	47

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-03-30
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-04-08
Rate (percent)	41

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-04-19
Rate (percent)	44

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-04-28
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-05-04
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-05-18
Rate (percent)	45

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-05-21
Rate (percent)	47

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-06-06
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-06-23
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-07-08
Rate (percent)	47

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-07-23
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-07-30
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-08-05
Rate (percent)	46

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-08-21
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-08-30
Rate (percent)	45

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-09-07
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-09-12
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-09-20
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-09-25
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-01
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-06
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-14
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-17
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-19
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-25
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-10-29
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-11-02
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-11-16
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-12-07
Rate (percent)	47

	Approve Rate
Date	2004-12-17
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-01-12
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-01-14
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-01-26
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-02-12
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-02-25
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-03-13
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-03-18
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-03-31
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-04-13
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-05-10
Rate (percent)	46

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-05-18
Rate (percent)	44

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-06-07
Rate (percent)	41

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-06-20
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-07-07
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-07-17
Rate (percent)	45

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-07-26
Rate (percent)	47

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-08-09
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-08-31
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-09-08
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-09-14
Rate (percent)	45

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-09-29
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-10-11
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-10-19
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-10-30
Rate (percent)	35

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-11-07
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-11-19
Rate (percent)	36

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-12-02
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2005-12-13
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-01-04
Rate (percent)	38

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-01-10
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-01-22
Rate (percent)	44

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-02-06
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-02-15
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-02-28
Rate (percent)	37

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-03-09
Rate (percent)	34

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-03-16
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-04-06
Rate (percent)	38

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-04-10
Rate (percent)	36

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-04-28
Rate (percent)	34

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-05-05
Rate (percent)	31

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-05-16
Rate (percent)	35

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-06-02
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-06-14
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-06-25
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-07-08
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-07-21
Rate (percent)	37

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-08-03
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-08-10
Rate (percent)	38

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-08-18
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-09-05
Rate (percent)	42

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-09-15
Rate (percent)	37

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-09-21
Rate (percent)	37

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-10-01
Rate (percent)	43

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-10-05
Rate (percent)	39

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-10-13
Rate (percent)	36

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-10-19
Rate (percent)	35

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-10-26
Rate (percent)	37

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-11-01
Rate (percent)	40

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-11-09
Rate (percent)	31

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-11-17
Rate (percent)	38

	Approve Rate
Date	2006-12-15
Rate (percent)	36

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-01-10
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-01-16
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-01-24
Rate (percent)	30

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-02-07
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-02-18
Rate (percent)	39

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-03-02
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-03-09
Rate (percent)	32

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-03-21
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-04-05
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-04-18
Rate (percent)	35

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-05-02
Rate (percent)	28

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-05-30
Rate (percent)	29

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-06-11
Rate (percent)	32

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-07-02
Rate (percent)	26

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-07-15
Rate (percent)	35

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-08-01
Rate (percent)	29

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-08-13
Rate (percent)	32

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-09-07
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-09-14
Rate (percent)	36

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-10-04
Rate (percent)	32

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-10-17
Rate (percent)	30

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-10-29
Rate (percent)	33

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-11-16
Rate (percent)	31

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-12-05
Rate (percent)	28

	Approve Rate
Date	2007-12-16
Rate (percent)	34

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-01-09
Rate (percent)	32

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-01-30
Rate (percent)	34

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-02-06
Rate (percent)	29

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-02-20
Rate (percent)	30

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-03-05
Rate (percent)	30

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-03-18
Rate (percent)	30

	Approve Rate
Date