Final Presidential Job Approval Ratings

 

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
2017 Jan. 17-19 Barack Obama 59 37 4
2021 Jan. 4-15 Donald Trump 34 62 4

*compiled from the Gallup Poll, these data exclude presidents who died in office (F. Roosevelt & Kennedy)

 

Citations

Gerhard Peters. "Final Presidential Job Approval Ratings." The American Presidency Project. Ed. John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California. 1999-2021.