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Gallup Historical Presidential Job Approval Statistics
Overall Averages
President |
Dates in office |
Average |
% |
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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 |
% |
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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 |
% |
||
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 |
% |
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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 |
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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 |
% |
||
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 |