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Presidential approval ratings - historical

Posted: Apr 27, 2010

Presidential Approval Ratings -- Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends

Gallup Historical Presidential Job Approval Statistics

Overall Averages

President	Dates in office	Average approval rating
		%
Harry Truman	April 1945-January 1953	45.4
Dwight Eisenhower	January 1953-January 1961	65.0
John Kennedy	January 1961-November 1963	70.1
Lyndon Johnson	November 1963-January 1969	55.1
Richard Nixon	January 1969-August 1974	49.0
Gerald Ford	August 1974-January 1977	47.2
Jimmy Carter	January 1977-January 1981	45.5
Ronald Reagan	January 1981-January 1989	52.8
George H.W. Bush	January 1989-January 1993	60.9
Bill Clinton	January 1993-January 2001	55.1
George W. Bush	January 2001-January 2009	49.4

First-Term Averages

President	Dates of first term	Average approval rating
		%
Harry Truman	April 1945-January 1949	55.6
Dwight Eisenhower	January 1953-January 1957	69.6
John Kennedy	January 1961-November 1963	70.1
Lyndon Johnson	November 1963-January 1965	74.2
Richard Nixon	January 1969-January 1973	55.8
Gerald Ford	August 1974-January 1977	47.2
Jimmy Carter	January 1977-January 1981	45.5
Ronald Reagan	January 1981-January 1985	50.3
George H.W. Bush	January 1989-January 1993	60.9
Bill Clinton	January 1993-January 1997	49.6
George W. Bush	January 2001-January 2005	62.2

Second-Term Averages

President	Dates of second term	Average approval rating
		%
Harry Truman	January 1949-January 1953	36.5
Dwight Eisenhower	January 1957-January 1961	60.5
Lyndon Johnson	January 1965-January 1969	50.3
Richard Nixon	January 1973-August 1974	34.4
Ronald Reagan	January 1985-January 1989	55.3
Bill Clinton	January 1997-January 2001	60.6
George W. Bush	January 2005-January 2009	36.5

Job Approval Highs

President	Date(s)	High approval rating
		%
Harry Truman	June 1945	87
Dwight Eisenhower	December 1956	79
John Kennedy	April 1961	83
Lyndon Johnson	February 1964	79
Richard Nixon	November 1969 and	67
	January 1973
Gerald Ford	August 1974	71
Jimmy Carter	March 1977	75
Ronald Reagan	May 1981 and May 1986	68
George H.W. Bush	February 1991	89
Bill Clinton	December 1998	73
George W. Bush	September 2001	90

Job Approval Lows

President	Date(s)	Low approval rating
		%
Harry Truman	February 1952	22
Dwight Eisenhower	March 1958	48
John Kennedy	September 1963	56
Lyndon Johnson	August 1968	35
Richard Nixon	July 1974 and August 1974	24
Gerald Ford	January 1975 and March 1975	37
Jimmy Carter	June 1979	28
Ronald Reagan	January 1983	35
George H.W. Bush	July 1992	29
Bill Clinton	June 1993	37
George W. Bush	October 2008	25

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