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Presidential Job Approval
F. Roosevelt (1941) - G.W. Bush
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 07/22/1941 07/22/1941 69 24 6 2790
  07/29/1941 07/29/1941 65 25 8 2931
  08/05/1941 08/05/1941 68 23 7 2913
  08/19/1941 08/19/1941 65 26 7 3093
  08/26/1941 08/26/1941 67 24 7 2942
  09/09/1941 09/09/1941 70 23 6 2997
  09/17/1941 09/17/1941 70 24 5 3023
  01/23/1942 01/23/1942 83 10 5 2817
  02/23/1942 02/28/1942 78 13 7 3057
  03/12/1942 03/17/1942 74 15 9 1572
  03/12/1942 03/17/1942 75 14 9 1414
  06/09/1942 06/09/1942 77 15 6 2832
  07/01/1942 07/01/1942 79 12 8 2892
  08/13/1942 08/13/1942 74 16 8 2677
  09/03/1942 09/03/1942 74 18 6 2864
  11/17/1942 11/17/1942 72 18 8 1244
  01/07/1943 01/07/1943 75 14 9 2918
  01/27/1943 01/27/1943 75 16 7 3008
  03/24/1943 03/24/1943 71 19 8 2898
  12/15/1943 12/15/1943 65 23 10 2922
Harry S. Truman 05/29/1945 05/29/1945 86 2 10 2945
  08/22/1945 08/22/1945 91 2 5 3039
  10/03/1945 10/03/1945 80 8 10 3046
  10/31/1945 10/31/1945 75 13 11 3106
  01/03/1946 01/03/1946 63 22 14 1403
  02/27/1946 02/27/1946 48 38 12 3093
  03/27/1946 03/27/1946 50 33 16 3207
  05/29/1946 05/29/1946 45 42 12 1489
  06/12/1946 06/12/1946 45 42 12 2999
  09/11/1946 09/11/1946 33 51 15 3190
  10/21/1946 10/21/1946 27 56 16 2150
  11/13/1946 11/13/1946 34 52 13 3203
  01/15/1947 01/15/1947 49 37 13 2762
  03/14/1947 03/19/1947 58 22 19 2884
  03/26/1947 03/26/1947 63 21 15 2904
  04/23/1947 04/23/1947 57 24 17 3092
  05/23/1947 05/28/1947 64 23 12 3155
  06/18/1947 06/18/1947 55 31 13 3055
  07/04/1947 07/09/1947 59 26 13 3027
  09/10/1947 09/10/1947 55 27 17 3029
  11/28/1947 12/03/1947 53 32 14 1482
  04/07/1948 04/07/1948 36 49 14 3284
  05/28/1948 06/02/1948 38 45 16 3172
  06/16/1948 06/16/1948 38 45 15 3128
  01/05/1949 01/05/1949 67 18 14 3104
  03/04/1949 03/04/1949 56 26 17 3052
  04/30/1949 04/30/1949 50 31 18 2563
  06/09/1949 06/09/1949 56 27 15 2728
  09/28/1949 10/02/1949 47 34 18 1456
  09/28/1949 10/02/1949 49 34 16 1463
  01/06/1950 01/06/1950 44 41 13 1482
  02/24/1950 02/24/1950 35 47 17 1484
  04/28/1950 04/28/1950 39 47 13 1492
  05/02/1950 05/02/1950 40 37 22 1343
  06/04/1950 06/09/1950 36 46 17 1357
  07/07/1950 07/07/1950 45 39 14 1410
  07/28/1950 07/28/1950 39 44 16 1248
  08/18/1950 08/18/1950 42 32 25 1309
  09/15/1950 09/15/1950 34 47 17 1249
  09/29/1950 09/29/1950 34 50 14 1444
  10/06/1950 10/06/1950 42 36 21 1345
  10/11/1950 10/11/1950 36 48 14 1801
  10/18/1950 10/18/1950 40 45 13 1153
  12/01/1950 12/01/1950 33 52 13 1355
  02/04/1951 02/09/1951 25 58 15 1403
  03/02/1951 03/02/1951 27 58 14 1365
  03/24/1951 03/24/1951 26 60 12 2093
  04/14/1951 04/14/1951 24 54 20 1259
  05/19/1951 05/24/1951 23 63 12 2070
  06/14/1951 06/14/1951 24 61 13 1979
  07/06/1951 07/06/1951 28 56 14 1989
  08/01/1951 08/01/1951 29 58 10 2051
  10/12/1951 10/12/1951 27 58 12 2269
  11/11/1951 11/16/1951 22 60 16 2019
  01/04/1952 01/04/1952 23 66 9 1952
  02/09/1952 02/14/1952 22 64 13 2038
  04/11/1952 04/11/1952 28 60 11 2044
  05/09/1952 05/09/1952 26 60 12 2078
  05/28/1952 05/28/1952 30 59 6 2028
  07/11/1952 07/11/1952 28 58 11 1961
  10/01/1952 10/01/1952 32 54 11 3116
  10/03/1952 10/03/1952 30 56 11 1345
  10/07/1952 10/07/1952 32 55 11 3077
  12/04/1952 12/04/1952 32 56 11 1405
Dwight D. Eisenhower 02/01/1953 02/05/1953 68 6 24 1599
  02/20/1953 02/20/1953 66 7 25 1549
  03/28/1953 04/02/1953 73 7 18 1602
  04/17/1953 04/17/1953 72 9 18 1520
  05/09/1953 05/14/1953 73 10 15 1557
  07/23/1953 07/23/1953 72 12 14 1521
  08/15/1953 08/20/1953 73 14 0 1613
  09/12/1953 09/17/1953 60 20 17 1536
  10/09/1953 10/14/1953 64 19 16 1488
  11/01/1953 11/05/1953 61 25 13 1498
  12/09/1953 12/09/1953 68 21 9 1460
  01/07/1954 01/07/1954 70 18 10 1560
  01/26/1954 01/26/1954 70 17 11 1485
  02/23/1954 02/23/1954 66 21 12 1496
  03/17/1954 03/17/1954 64 22 11 1555
  04/03/1954 04/03/1954 60 22 16 1399
  04/08/1954 04/13/1954 68 21 9 1482
  05/21/1954 05/26/1954 61 23 14 1416
  06/12/1954 06/17/1954 61 23 13 1435
  06/30/1954 06/30/1954 64 21 14 1579
  07/16/1954 07/21/1954 74 20 5 1530
  08/03/1954 08/03/1954 67 18 13 1616
  08/24/1954 08/24/1954 61 22 15 1562
  09/16/1954 09/21/1954 65 21 12 1466
  10/13/1954 10/13/1954 61 25 12 1525
  11/11/1954 11/16/1954 57 23 18 1459
  11/30/1954 11/30/1954 68 23 7 1465
  12/31/1954 01/05/1955 69 17 12 1446
  01/18/1955 01/18/1955 69 17 13 1465
  02/10/1955 02/15/1955 72 15 12 1585
  03/01/1955 03/01/1955 70 16 12 1320
  03/22/1955 03/22/1955 64 22 12 1619
  04/14/1955 04/19/1955 69 14 16 1531
  05/12/1955 05/17/1955 67 16 15 1504
  06/03/1955 06/08/1955 69 15 14 1462
  06/22/1955 06/22/1955 67 15 17 1583
  07/12/1955 07/12/1955 72 17 9 1393
  08/02/1955 08/02/1955 75 11 13 1499
  08/23/1955 08/23/1955 70 15 13 1492
  09/13/1955 09/13/1955 70 16 12 1449
  11/17/1955 11/22/1955 77 13 9 1545
  12/06/1955 12/06/1955 74 12 11 1427
  01/04/1956 01/04/1956 76 11 11 1377
  01/24/1956 01/24/1956 76 13 8 1537
  02/14/1956 02/14/1956 74 15 10 2031
  03/06/1956 03/06/1956 72 17 10 1956
  03/29/1956 04/03/1956 72 17 10 2000
  05/08/1956 05/08/1956 69 16 13 1926
  05/29/1956 05/29/1956 71 18 9 1959
  06/13/1956 06/13/1956 72 18 8 2071
  07/10/1956 07/10/1956 69 20 9 2101
  08/01/1956 08/01/1956 67 19 13 2161
  11/20/1956 11/20/1956 74 14 10 1499
  12/14/1956 12/19/1956 77 11 10 1543
  01/17/1957 01/22/1957 73 13 12 1494
  02/05/1957 02/12/1957 72 15 11 1507
  02/28/1957 03/05/1957 71 17 10 1531
  03/15/1957 03/20/1957 65 19 14 1627
  04/06/1957 04/11/1957 66 20 12 1654
  04/25/1957 04/30/1957 62 22 14 1659
  05/15/1957 05/15/1957 61 22 14 1565
  06/06/1957 06/11/1957 63 22 14 1393
  06/25/1957 06/25/1957 63 22 13 1515
  07/18/1957 07/23/1957 64 22 13 1534
  08/06/1957 08/06/1957 62 19 17 1528
  09/19/1957 09/24/1957 57 27 14 1690
  10/10/1957 10/15/1957 56 26 15 1573
  11/07/1957 11/12/1957 57 27 14 1505
  12/31/1957 12/31/1957 60 29 9 1520
  01/22/1958 01/22/1958 57 27 14 1540
  02/14/1958 02/19/1958 54 32 0 1482
  03/04/1958 03/04/1958 50 32 15 1608
  03/25/1958 03/25/1958 47 35 16 1633
  04/14/1958 04/14/1958 54 30 15 1439
  05/07/1958 05/12/1958 51 32 15 1636
  05/26/1958 05/26/1958 53 31 15 1493
  07/08/1958 07/08/1958 52 32 15 1498
  07/30/1958 08/04/1958 57 26 15 1621
  08/20/1958 08/25/1958 55 26 17 1563
  09/10/1958 09/15/1958 56 29 14 1514
  09/24/1958 09/29/1958 53 27 18 1665
  10/13/1958 10/13/1958 56 26 16 1534
  11/07/1958 11/12/1958 51 29 18 1499
  12/03/1958 12/08/1958 56 32 11 1509
  01/07/1959 01/12/1959 56 27 15 1591
  02/04/1959 02/09/1959 58 25 15 1616
  03/04/1959 03/09/1959 58 25 16 1534
  03/31/1959 03/31/1959 62 22 15 1725
  04/27/1959 04/27/1959 59 24 15 1542
  05/29/1959 06/03/1959 63 20 15 1536
  06/25/1959 06/30/1959 62 23 14 2771
  07/23/1959 07/28/1959 60 26 13 1538