September 10, 2015 11:59 AM
President Obama
The public’s grade on President Obama’s job approval (as found by Gallup 9/4) is 46% approval/50% disapproval. His approval rating did hit 50% in January of this year. Obama’s approval rating at the time of his first inauguration was 68% approval/12% disapproval.| Date | NBC/WSJ | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | NYT/CBS | FOX |
| August 2015 | xxx | xxx | 47/51% | xxx | 42/51% |
| July 2015 | 45/50% | 45/52% | 48/48% | xxx | 47/48% |
| June 2015 | 48/48% | xxx | 50/48% | xxx | 44/50% |
| May 2015 | xxx | 43/53% | 45/52% | 43/53% | 44/51% |
| April 2015 | 48/47% | xxx | 48/47% | 45/44% | 42/53% |
| Mar. 2015 | 46/50% | 46/49% | 46/51% | 45/46% (CBS) | 45/50% |
| Jan. 2015 | 46/48% | 47/48% | xxx | xxx | 45/51% |
| Jan 2013 | 52/44% | 55/41% | 55/43% | 51/41% |
Among the last five Presidents to serve two full terms, Obama’s approval rating at this time ranks 4th.
| Approve | Disapprove | |
| Clinton | 60 | 35 (8/26/99) |
| Eisenhower | 67 | 20 (8/25/59) |
| Reagan | 48 | 43 (8/10/87) |
| Obama | 47 | 48 (4/24/15) |
| GW Bush | 32 | 63 (8/05/07) |
Americans disapprove of how Obama is handling the economy by 52% to 47%. A year ago 56% disapproved of how he was handling the economy. They also disapprove of the way he is handling foreign policy by 56% to 43%. A year ago, foreign policy disapproval was at 57% and approval at 40%. [CNN/ORC 8/16]
When it comes to how Americans “feel” about Obama, 44% say they have positive feelings and 43% have negative feelings. A year ago, 40% had positive feelings and 47% had negative feelings. [NBC/WSJ 7/15]
By 67% to 30%, Americans think that the next President should take a different approach than Obama. [NBC/WSJ 7/15]
On the question of whether the country would be better off with a Democrat or a Republican as President, folks are split, with 37% saying a Democrat and 39% saying a Republican. [NBC/WSJ 7/15]
