April 23, 2016 11:58 AM
President Obama
The public’s grading of President Obama’s job approval (as found by Gallup 4/14) is 48% approval/47% disapproval. Obama’s approval rating at the time of his first inauguration was 67% approval/14% disapproval. [Gallup]Here are other approval/disapproval scores going back 3+ years.
| Date | NBC/WSJ | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | NYT/CBS | FOX |
| April 2016 | 49%/48% | xxx | xxx | 46/45% (CBS) | 49/47% |
| March 2016 | 49/46% | 51/43% | 51/46% | 48/44% | 48/46% |
| February 2016 | 49/46% | xxx | 50/46% | 47/45% (CBS) | 49/47% |
| January 2016 | 47/49% | 50/46% | xxx | 46/47% | 42/53% |
| December 2015 | 43/51% | xxx | 47/52% | 44/48% | 43/51% |
| September 2015 | 47/47% | 47/49% | 44/50% | xxx | 44/50% |
| Jan. 2015 | 46/48% | 47/48% | xxx | xxx | 45/51% |
| Jan. 2014 | 43/51% | 45/52% | 45/51% | 46/47% (CBS) | 42/53% |
| Jan. 2013 | 52/44% | 55/41% | 55/43% | 51/41% | xxx |
Approval/Disapproval – In last year in office
| Approve | Disapprove - Beginning of last year of second term | |
| Eisenhower | 62 | 22 (5/3/60) |
| Clinton | 57 | 36 (5/7/00) |
| Reagan | 50 | 38 (5/8/88) |
| Obama | 48 | 47 (4/14) |
| GW Bush | 28 | 67 (5/3/08) |
46% of Americans have positive feelings toward Obama while 41% have negative feelings. A year ago Obama had a positive rating of 47% and 40% had negative feelings. [NBC/WSJ 4/10-14]
Americans are negative about how Obama is handling the following two issues.
| Approve | Disapprove | |
| Foreign Policy | 39 | 47 |
| Economy | 46 | 48 [CBS 4/12] |
The generation gap in Obama’s job approval is among the widest of his Presidency.
| 2009 | 2016 | |
| Millennials (adults born after 1980) | 73% | 62% |
| Generation Xers (born 1965-1980) | 63% | 50% |
| Boomers (born 1946-1964) | 62% | 43% |
| Silents (Born 1928-1945) | 62% | 37% |
| [Pew Research 4/5/16] | ||
