June 17, 2016 11:59 AM
President Obama
The public’s grading of President Obama’s job approval (as found by Gallup on 6/3/16) is 50% approval/ 47% disapproval. Obama’s approval rating at the time of his first inauguration was 67% approval/14% disapproval. A year ago it was 44% approval and 51% disapproval. [Gallup]The following are other approval/disapproval scores going back 3+ years.
| Date | NBC/WSJ | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | NYT/CBS | FOX |
| May 2016 | 51/46% | 47/51% | 51/46% | 50/43% | 48/49% |
| 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 | 61 | 24 (6/21/60) |
| Clinton | 54 | 40 (6/21/00) |
| Reagan | 51 | 39 (6/13/88) |
| Obama | 50 | 47 (6/3/16) |
| GW Bush | 28 | 68 (6/19/08) |
49% of Americans have positive feelings toward Obama while 41% have negative feelings. A year ago, Obama had a positive rating of 47% and a negative rating of 40%. [NBC/WSJ 5/19/16]
47% approve of the way Obama is handling the economy while 47% disapprove. On the question of Obama’s handling of foreign policy, 42% approve while 48% disapprove. [CBS/NYT 5/17/16]
If the constitution permitted it, 59% would not consider voting for Obama in November while 39% would consider voting for him. [NBC/WSJ 5/19/16]
