September 25, 2012 2:59 PM
President Obama
The President’s job approval rating in Gallup on September 23 was 49% approval and 45% disapproval.The public’s grade for the job President Obama is doing (as found by Gallup) is lower than that of 5 of the previous Presidents at this point in their first term. The list of 8 follows.
| App | Dis | |
| Eisenhower | 68 | 19 (Aug) |
| Clinton | 60 | 31 (Sept) |
| Reagan | 57 | 36 (Sept) |
| Nixon | 56 | 33 (Nov) |
| G Bush (II) | 54 | 44 (Sept) |
| Obama | 49 | 45 (9/23) |
| G Bush (I) | 36 | 54 (Sept) |
| Carter | 37 | 55 (Sept) |
The following are several additional cuts at the President’s job approval rating during 2012.
| NBC/WSJ | NYT/CBS | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | |
| September 2012 | 50/48% | 49/46% | 53/46% (WP) | 51/46% |
| August 2012 | 48/49% | -- | 47/50% | 49/48% |
| July 2012 | 49/48% | 44/46% | 47/49% | -- |
| June 2012 | 47/48% | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2012 | 48/46% | -- | 47/49% | -- |
| April 2012 | 49/46% | 48/42% | 50/45% | 49/48% |
| March 2012 | 50/45% | 41/47% | 46/50% | 51/45% |
| February 2012 | -- | 50/43% | 50/46% | 50/48% |
| January 2012 | 48/46% | 45/47% (CBS) | 48/48% | 47/51% |
By 51% to 47% Americans continue to rate Obama negatively on the economy. This is the lowest disapproval rating on the economy since March of this year. On foreign policy, 49% approve of the job Obama is doing; 46% disapprove of his performance. This is the lowest positive rating and highest negative rating he has received since April 2011. [NBC/WSJ 9/12]
