Year Interview Dates President % Approval % Disapproval % No Opinion 1952 Dec. 11-16 Harry S. Truman 32 56 12 1960 Dec. 8-13 Dwight D. Eisenhower 59 28 13 1969 Jan. 1-6 Lyndon B. Johnson 49 37 14 1974 Aug. 2-5 Richard Nixon 24 66 10 1976 Dec. 10-13 Gerald Ford 53 32 15 1980 Dec. 5-8 Jimmy Carter 34 55 11 1988 Dec. 27-29 Ronald Reagan 63 29 8 1993 Jan. 8-11 George Bush 56 37 7 2001 Jan. 10-14 William J. Clinton 66 29 5 2009 Jan. 9-11 George W. Bush 34 61 5   *data excludes presidents who died in office (F. Roosevelt & Kennedy)   data compiled from the Gallup Poll

Citation: Gerhard Peters. "Final Presidential Job Approval Ratings." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2009. Available from the World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/final_approval.php.