Compare Performance to Past Presidents                  Search Presidential Approval Rate

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General Approval Trend for President Obama (2009-)

	Approve Rate
Date	2008-06-18
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-01-21
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-01-26
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-01-27
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-01-30
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-02
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-04
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-07
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-09
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-12
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-15
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-17
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-18
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-19
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-20
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-21
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-24
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-25
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-02-26
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-03
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-04
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-05
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-09
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-12
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-13
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-20
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-24
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-25
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-26
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-27
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-03-31
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-01
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-03
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-06
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-14
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-17
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-21
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-22
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-04-23
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-06
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-07
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-10
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-12
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-14
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-16
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-17
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-26
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-28
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-05-29
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-01
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-05
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-10
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-12
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-14
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-16
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-18
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-19
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-23
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-06-26
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-09
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-10
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-15
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-17
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-19
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-21
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-22
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-24
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-27
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-07-31
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-03
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-06
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-11
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-13
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-15
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-20
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-27
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-28
Rate (percent)	53

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-30
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-08-31
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-03
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-10
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-11
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-12
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-15
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-17
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-18
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-19
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-29
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-09-30
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-05
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-13
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-15
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-16
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-17
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-22
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-27
Rate (percent)	50

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-28
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-10-30
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-11-12
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	2009-11-13
Rate (percent)	53

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2008-06-18
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-01-21
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-01-26
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-01-27
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-01-30
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-02
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-04
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-07
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-09
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-12
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-15
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-17
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-18
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-19
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-20
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-21
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-24
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-25
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-02-26
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-03
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-04
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-05
Rate (percent)	28

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-09
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-12
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-13
Rate (percent)	28

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-20
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-24
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-25
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-26
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-27
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-03-31
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-01
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-03
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-06
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-14
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-17
Rate (percent)	38

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-21
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-22
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-04-23
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-06
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-07
Rate (percent)	35

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-10
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-12
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-14
Rate (percent)	35

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-16
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-17
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-26
Rate (percent)	31

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-28
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-05-29
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-01
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-05
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-10
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-12
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-14
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-16
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-18
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-19
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-23
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-06-26
Rate (percent)	37

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-09
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-10
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-15
Rate (percent)	37

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-17
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-19
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-21
Rate (percent)	38

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-22
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-24
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-27
Rate (percent)	38

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-07-31
Rate (percent)	40

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-03
Rate (percent)	35

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-06
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-11
Rate (percent)	37

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-13
Rate (percent)	40

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-15
Rate (percent)	40

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-20
Rate (percent)	37

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-27
Rate (percent)	35

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-28
Rate (percent)	45

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-30
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-08-31
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-03
Rate (percent)	49

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-10
Rate (percent)	38

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-11
Rate (percent)	43

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-12
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-15
Rate (percent)	39

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-17
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-18
Rate (percent)	45

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-19
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-29
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-09-30
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-05
Rate (percent)	34

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-13
Rate (percent)	45

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-15
Rate (percent)	40

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-16
Rate (percent)	43

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-17
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-22
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-27
Rate (percent)	41

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-28
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-10-30
Rate (percent)	45

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-11-12
Rate (percent)	42

	Disapprove Rate
Date	2009-11-13
Rate (percent)	36

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Latest Job Performance Ratings for President Obama

Date	Organization	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion	Sample Size	Notes *
11/13-16/09	CBS	53	36	11	1167
11/13-15/09	CNN	55	42	3	1014
11/12-15/09	ABC/WP	55	42	2	1001
10/30-11/1/09	CNN	54	45	1	1018
10/28-11/8/09	Pew	51	36	13	2000
10/27-28/09	Fox/OpinDynamics	50	41	10	900	RV
10/22-25/09	NBC/WSJ	51	42	7	1009
10/17-20/09	Amer. Res. Group	57	41	2	1100
10/16-18/09	CNN	55	43	2	1038
10/15-18/09	ABC/WP	56	40	3	1004
10/13-14/09	Fox/OpinDynamics	49	45	6	900	RV
10/5-8/09	C BS	56	34	10	829
9/30-10/4/09	Pew	52	36	12	1500
9/29-30/09	Fox/OpinDynamics	50	42	8	900	RV
9/19-23/09	CBS/NYT	56	33	11	1042

* Legend: V = Voters, RV = Registered Voters, LV = Likely Voters

 

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Comparing Past Presidential Performance

Click on the president's name to get a full report of presidential approval ratings.

President		Highest		Lowest
Obama	76%	2/7-8/09, CNN Poll	49%	10/13-14/09, Fox/OpinDynamics Poll
Bush (G.W.)	92	10/8-9/01, ABC News	19	2/16-19/08 and 9/16-19/08, Amer. Res. Group
Clinton	73	1/28/98 CBS/NYTimes Poll and 12/19-20/98, USA Today/CNN/ Gallup Poll	36	5/26-27/93, Yank/Time/CNN Poll
Bush (G.H.W.)	89	2/28/-3/3/91, Gallup Poll	29	7/31-8/2/92, Gallup Poll
Reagan	68	5/8-11/81, Gallup Poll and 5/16-19/86, Gallup Poll	35	1/28-31/83, Gallup Poll
Carter	75	3/18-21/77, Gallup Poll	28	6/29-7/2/79, Gallup Poll
Ford	74	8/16-19/74, Gallup Poll	37	1/10-13/75, Gallup Poll and 3/28-31/75, Gallup Poll
Nixon	67	11/12-17/69, Gallup Poll and 1/26-29/73, Gallup Poll	23	1/4-7/74, Gallup Poll
Johnson	80	2/28-3/5/64, Gallup Poll	35	8/7-12/68, Gallup Poll
Kennedy	80	3/8-13/62, Gallup Poll	56	9/12-17/63, Gallup Poll
Eisenhower	79	12/14-19/56, Gallup Poll	48	3/27-4/1/58, Gallup Poll
Truman	87	6/1-5/45, Gallup Poll	22	2/9-14/52, Gallup Poll
Roosevelt	84	1/8-13/42, Gallup Poll	48	8/18-24/39, Gallup Poll

Only Gallup data cited for all presidents except Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and
Barack Obama.

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