Year Interview Dates President % Approval % Disapproval % No Opinion 1953 Feb. 1-5 Dwight D. Eisenhower 68 7 25 1961 Feb. 10-15 John Kennedy 72 6 22 1969 Jan. 23-28 Richard Nixon 59 5 36 1977 Feb. 4-7 Jimmy Carter 66 8 26 1981 Jan. 30-Feb. 2 Ronald Reagan 51 13 36 1989 Jan. 24-26 George Bush 51 6 43 1993 Jan. 24-26 William J. Clinton 58 20 22 2001 Feb. 1-4 George W. Bush 57 25 18 2009 Jan. 21-23 Barack Obama 68 12 21   *data includes only presidents inaugurated following election   data compiled from the Gallup Poll

Citation: Gerhard Peters. "Initial 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/initial_approval.php.