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General Approval Trend for President Obama (2009-)




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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