September 9, 2016 11:59 AM
President Obama
The public’s grading of President Obama’s job approval, as found by Gallup on 9/4/16, is 52% approval/44% disapproval. Obama’s approval rating at the time of his first inauguration was 67% approval/14% disapproval. A year ago it was 47% approval/47% disapproval. Six months ago it was 49% approval /46% disapproval. [Gallup]The following are other approval/disapproval scores going back 3+ years.
| Date | NBC/WSJ | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | NYT/CBS | FOX |
| August 2016 | 52/44% | 53/45% | xxx | xxx | 52/45% |
| July 2016 | 51/46% | 52/46% | xxx | 53/41% | xxx |
| June 2016 | 51/45% | 54/43% | 52/45% | 43/37% (CBS) | 43/39% |
| 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% |
| January 2016 | 47/49% | 50/46% | xxx | 46/47% | 42/53% |
| 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 | |
| Clinton | 62 | 35 (9/3/00) |
| Reagan | 53 | 37 (8/22/88) |
| Eisenhower | 61 | 28 (8/30/60) |
| Obama | 52 | 44 (8/31/16) |
| GW Bush | 29 | 66 (8/23/08) |
Obama has an approval/disapproval rating on the economy of 47% to 45% and an approval/disapproval rating on foreign policy of 43% to 46%. [Economist/ YouGov, 8/16]
