Job Performance Ratings for President Eisenhower

Start Date: 02/01/1953
End Date: 12/08/1960

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-02-01
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-02-22
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-03-28
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-04-19
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-05-09
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-07-04
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-07-25
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-08-15
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-09-12
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-10-09
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-11-01
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-11-19
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	1953-12-11
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-01-09
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-01-28
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-02-25
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-03-19
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-04-08
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-05-02
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-05-21
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-06-12
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-07-02
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-07-16
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-08-05
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-08-26
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-09-16
Rate (percent)	66

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-10-15
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-11-11
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-12-02
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	1954-12-31
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-01-20
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-02-10
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-03-03
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-03-24
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-04-14
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-05-12
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-06-03
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-06-24
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-07-14
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-08-04
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-08-25
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-09-15
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-11-17
Rate (percent)	78

	Approve Rate
Date	1955-12-08
Rate (percent)	75

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-01-06
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-01-26
Rate (percent)	76

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-02-16
Rate (percent)	75

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-03-08
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-03-29
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-04-19
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-05-10
Rate (percent)	69

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-05-31
Rate (percent)	71

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-06-15
Rate (percent)	73

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-07-12
Rate (percent)	70

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-08-03
Rate (percent)	68

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-11-22
Rate (percent)	75

	Approve Rate
Date	1956-12-14
Rate (percent)	78

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-01-17
Rate (percent)	74

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-02-07
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-02-28
Rate (percent)	72

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-03-15
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-04-06
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-04-25
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-05-17
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-06-06
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-06-27
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-07-18
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-08-08
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-08-29
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-09-19
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-10-10
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1957-11-07
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-01-02
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-01-24
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-02-14
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-03-06
Rate (percent)	51

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-03-27
Rate (percent)	48

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-04-16
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-05-07
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-05-28
Rate (percent)	54

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-07-10
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-07-30
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-08-20
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-09-10
Rate (percent)	56

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-09-24
Rate (percent)	55

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-10-15
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-11-07
Rate (percent)	52

	Approve Rate
Date	1958-12-03
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-01-07
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-02-04
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-03-04
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-04-02
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-04-29
Rate (percent)	60

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-05-29
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-06-25
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-07-23
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-08-20
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-09-18
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-10-16
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-11-12
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-12-03
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1959-12-10
Rate (percent)	77

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-01-06
Rate (percent)	67

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-02-04
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-03-02
Rate (percent)	64

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-03-30
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-04-28
Rate (percent)	62

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-05-26
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-06-16
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-06-30
Rate (percent)	57

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-07-16
Rate (percent)	49

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-07-30
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-08-11
Rate (percent)	63

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-08-25
Rate (percent)	61

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-09-09
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-09-28
Rate (percent)	65

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-10-18
Rate (percent)	58

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-11-17
Rate (percent)	59

	Approve Rate
Date	1960-12-08
Rate (percent)	60

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-02-01
Rate (percent)	7

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-02-22
Rate (percent)	8

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-03-28
Rate (percent)	8

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-04-19
Rate (percent)	10

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-05-09
Rate (percent)	11

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-07-04
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-07-25
Rate (percent)	12

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-08-15
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-09-12
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-10-09
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-11-01
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-11-19
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1953-12-11
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-01-09
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-01-28
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-02-25
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-03-19
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-04-08
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-05-02
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-05-21
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-06-12
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-07-02
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-07-16
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-08-05
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-08-26
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-09-16
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-10-15
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-11-11
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-12-02
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1954-12-31
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-01-20
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-02-10
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-03-03
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-03-24
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-04-14
Rate (percent)	14

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-05-12
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-06-03
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-06-24
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-07-14
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-08-04
Rate (percent)	11

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-08-25
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-09-15
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-11-17
Rate (percent)	13

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1955-12-08
Rate (percent)	13

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-01-06
Rate (percent)	12

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-01-26
Rate (percent)	14

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-02-16
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-03-08
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-03-29
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-04-19
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-05-10
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-05-31
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-06-15
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-07-12
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-08-03
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-11-22
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1956-12-14
Rate (percent)	12

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-01-17
Rate (percent)	14

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-02-07
Rate (percent)	16

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-02-28
Rate (percent)	17

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-03-15
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-04-06
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-04-25
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-05-17
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-06-06
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-06-27
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-07-18
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-08-08
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-08-29
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-09-19
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-10-10
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1957-11-07
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-01-02
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-01-24
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-02-14
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-03-06
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-03-27
Rate (percent)	36

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-04-16
Rate (percent)	31

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-05-07
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-05-28
Rate (percent)	31

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-07-10
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-07-30
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-08-20
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-09-10
Rate (percent)	29

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-09-24
Rate (percent)	28

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-10-15
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-11-07
Rate (percent)	30

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1958-12-03
Rate (percent)	32

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-01-07
Rate (percent)	27

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-02-04
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-03-04
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-04-02
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-04-29
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-05-29
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-06-25
Rate (percent)	23

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-07-23
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-08-20
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-09-18
Rate (percent)	20

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-10-16
Rate (percent)	19

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-11-12
Rate (percent)	21

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-12-03
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1959-12-10
Rate (percent)	15

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-01-06
Rate (percent)	18

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-02-04
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-03-02
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-03-30
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-04-28
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-05-26
Rate (percent)	22

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-06-16
Rate (percent)	24

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-06-30
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-07-16
Rate (percent)	33

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-07-30
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-08-11
Rate (percent)	25

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-08-25
Rate (percent)	28

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-09-09
Rate (percent)	28

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-09-28
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-10-18
Rate (percent)	31

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-11-17
Rate (percent)	26

	Disapprove Rate
Date	1960-12-08
Rate (percent)	27

Date	Organization *	Approve	Disapprove	No Opinion	Sample Size	Notes **
12/8-13/60	Gallup	60	27	13
11/17-22/60	Gallup	59	26	15
10/18-23/60	Gallup	58	31	11
9/28-10/2/60	Gallup	65	26	9
9/9-14/60	Gallup	58	28	14
8/25-30/60	Gallup	61	28	11
8/11-16/60	Gallup	63	25	12
7/30-8/4/60	Gallup	63	26	11
7/16-21/60	Gallup	49	33	17
6/30-7/5/60	Gallup	57	26	16
6/16-21/60	Gallup	61	24	15
5/26-31/60	Gallup	65	22	13
4/28-5/3/60	Gallup	62	22	16
3/30-4/4/60	Gallup	65	22	13
3/2-7/60	Gallup	64	22	14
2/4-9/60	Gallup	64	22	14
1/6-11/60	Gallup	67	18	15
12/10-15/59	Gallup	77	15	8
12/3-8/59	Gallup	67	18	15
11/12-17/59	Gallup	65	21	14
10/16-21/59	Gallup	67	19	14
9/18-23/59	Gallup	67	20	14
8/20-25/59	Gallup	67	20	13
7/23-28/59	Gallup	61	26	13
6/25-30/59	Gallup	62	23	15
5/29-6/3/59	Gallup	64	21	15
4/29-5/4/59	Gallup	60	24	15
4/2-7/59	Gallup	62	23	15
3/4-9/59	Gallup	58	25	16
2/4-9/59	Gallup	59	26	15
1/7-12/59	Gallup	57	27	15
12/3-8/58	Gallup	57	32	11
11/7-12/58	Gallup	52	30	18
10/15-20/58	Gallup	57	27	16
9/24-29/58	Gallup	55	28	18
9/10-15/58	Gallup	56	29	14
8/20-25/58	Gallup	56	27	17
7/30-8/4/58	Gallup	58	27	15
7/10-15/58	Gallup	52	32	16
5/28-6/2/58	Gallup	54	31	15
5/7-12/58	Gallup	52	33	15
4/16-21/58	Gallup	55	31	15
3/27-4/1/58	Gallup	48	36	16
3/6-11/58	Gallup	51	33	16
2/14-19/58	Gallup	55	32	13
1/24-29/58	Gallup	58	27	15
1/2-7/58	Gallup	60	30	10
11/7-12/57	Gallup	58	27	14
10/10-15/57	Gallup	57	27	16
9/19-24/57	Gallup	59	26	15
8/29-9/4/57	Gallup	60	23	18
8/8-13/57	Gallup	63	20	18
7/18-23/57	Gallup	65	22	13
6/27-7/2/57	Gallup	63	23	14
6/6-11/57	Gallup	64	22	14
5/17-22/57	Gallup	62	23	15
4/25-30/57	Gallup	64	23	13
4/6-11/57	Gallup	67	21	12
3/15-20/57	Gallup	65	20	15
2/28-3/5/57	Gallup	72	17	11
2/7-12/57	Gallup	72	16	12
1/17-22/57	Gallup	74	14	12
12/14-19/56	Gallup	78	12	10
11/22-27/56	Gallup	75	15	10
8/3-8/56	Gallup	68	19	13
7/12-17/56	Gallup	70	20	10
6/15-20/56	Gallup	73	18	9
5/31-6/5/56	Gallup	71	19	10
5/10-15/56	Gallup	69	17	14
4/19-24/56	Gallup	69	19	12
3/29-4/3/56	Gallup	73	17	10
3/8-13/56	Gallup	72	17	10
2/16-21/56	Gallup	75	15	10
1/26-31/56	Gallup	76	14	9
1/6-11/56	Gallup	76	12	12
12/8-13/55	Gallup	75	13	12
11/17-22/55	Gallup	78	13	9
9/15-20/55	Gallup	71	16	13
8/25-30/55	Gallup	71	16	13
8/4-9/55	Gallup	76	11	13
7/14-19/55	Gallup	72	18	10
6/24-29/55	Gallup	67	15	17
6/3-8/55	Gallup	70	16	14
5/12-17/55	Gallup	68	16	16
4/14-19/55	Gallup	70	14	16
3/24-29/55	Gallup	65	22	13
3/3-8/55	Gallup	71	17	12
2/10-15/55	Gallup	73	15	12
1/20-25/55	Gallup	69	17	13
12/31-1/5/55	Gallup	70	18	12
12/2-7/54	Gallup	69	23	8
11/11-16/54	Gallup	57	23	20
10/15-20/54	Gallup	62	25	13
9/16-21/54	Gallup	66	21	13
8/26-31/54	Gallup	63	23	13
8/5-10/54	Gallup	67	19	14
7/16-21/54	Gallup	74	20	5
7/2-7/54	Gallup	65	21	14
6/12-17/54	Gallup	62	24	14
5/21-26/54	Gallup	62	23	15
5/2-7/54	Gallup	61	22	17
4/8-13/54	Gallup	68	21	11
3/19-24/54	Gallup	66	22	12
2/25-3/2/54	Gallup	67	21	12
1/28-2/2/54	Gallup	70	18	13
1/9-14/54	Gallup	71	18	11
12/11-16/53	Gallup	68	22	10
11/19-24/53	Gallup	59	25	16
11/1-5/53	Gallup	61	26	13
10/9-14/53	Gallup	65	19	16
9/12-17/53	Gallup	61	20	19
8/15-20/53	Gallup	74	15	12
7/25-30/53	Gallup	73	12	15
7/4-9/53	Gallup	69	15	16
5/9-14/53	Gallup	74	11	16
4/19-24/53	Gallup	72	10	17
3/28-4/2/53	Gallup	73	8	19
2/22-27/53	Gallup	67	8	25
2/1-5/53	Gallup	68	7	25

*	Please note that only Gallup data has been cited for President Roosevelt through President G.H.W. Bush.
**	Legend: V = Voters, RV = Registered Voters, LV = Likely Voters

 

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