The public’s grade for the job President Obama is doing (as found by Gallup) is 43% approval/48% disapproval. Of the 5 previous two-term Presidents at this point in their second term this is better than only Richard Nixon. The list of 6 follows:
| |
Approve |
Disapprove |
| Reagan |
60 |
30 (9/16/85) |
| Eisenhower |
59 |
23 (9/4/57) |
| Clinton |
61 |
28 (9/7/97) |
| G Bush (II) |
45 |
52 (9/15/05) |
| Obama |
43 |
48 (9/8/13) |
| Nixon |
34 |
56 (9/10/73) |
| Date |
NBC/WSJ |
WP/ABC |
CNN/ORC |
NYT/CBS |
| Sept 2013 |
45/50% |
xxx |
45/52% |
46/46% |
| Aug 2013* |
44/48% (NBC only) |
xxx |
xxx |
xxx |
| July 2013 |
45/50% |
49/44% |
xxx |
48/45% (CBS) |
| June 2013 |
48/47% |
xxx |
45/54%* |
47/43% |
| Apr 2013 |
47/48% |
50/45%* |
51/47% |
47/45% |
| Jan 2013 |
52/44% |
55/41% |
55/43% |
51/41% |
| Aug 2012 |
44/54% |
47/50% |
50/47% |
xxx |
| * Latest survey in this line |
Obama’s performance on the economy has been rated negatively since December 2009, with the exception of December 2012/January 2013. Currently, only 45% approve while 51% disapprove.
| |
Approve |
Disapprove |
| Sept 2013 |
45% |
51% |
| Aug 2013 |
44% |
48% (NBC only) |
| July 2013 |
45% |
51% |
| June 2013 |
46% |
49% |
| Jan 2013 |
49% |
48% |
| Jan 2009 |
56% |
31% |
In August, an NBC-only survey found Obama’s performance on foreign policy rated more negatively than at any time in the past -- 41% approval/49% disapproval. [NBC 8/13]
| |
Approve |
Disapprove |
| Aug 2013 |
41% |
49% (NBC only) |
| July 2013 |
46% |
46% |
| April 2013 |
46% |
43% |
| January 2012 |
51% |
41% |
| April 2011 |
49% |
46% |
| January 2010 |
50% |
37% |
The country specifically does not approve of the work being done by the President on the conflict in Syria. Multiple polling organizations raised this issue with Americans earlier this week. Here are the results of several of these surveys, all of which ended their surveys on September 8, 2013.
| |
Approve |
Disapprove |
| CBS/NYT |
33% |
56% |
| CNN/ORC |
31% |
63% |
| NBC/WSJ |
28% |
57% |
| PEW/USA |
29% |
56% |
The public is quite evenly divided on the question of whether Obama is “honest and trustworthy.” 51% say he is and 49% say he is not. [CNN/ORC 9/8/13]
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