| 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 |
| 2017 | Jan. 20-29 | Donald J. Trump | 45 | 47 | 8 |
| 2021 | Jan. 21-Feb. 2 | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | 57 | 37 | 6 |
*data includes only presidents inaugurated following election. Data compiled from the Gallup Poll