October 7, 2016 11:58 AM
President Obama
The public’s grading of President Obama’s job approval, as found by Gallup on 10/4/16, is 54% approval/43% disapproval. A year ago it was 45% approval/51% disapproval. Six months ago it was 48% approval /48% disapproval. [Gallup]The following are other approval/disapproval scores going back 3+ years.
| Date | NBC/WSJ | WP/ABC | CNN/ORC | NYT/CBS | FOX |
| Sept. 2016 | 52/45% | 51/45% | 51/48% | xxx | 50/48% |
| 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 |
| Approve | Disapprove - in final year in office | |
| Eisenhower | 65 | 26 (10/2/60) |
| Clinton | 58 | 37 (10/9/00) |
| Reagan | 54 | 37 (10/1/88) |
| Obama | 52 | 44 (10/1/16) |
| GW Bush | 25 | 70 (10/5/08) |
Obama has an approval/disapproval rating on the economy of 49% to 46% and an approval/disapproval rating on foreign policy of 42% to 46%. [Economist/ YouGov, 9/24]
During Obama’s two terms in office, the percentage of folks who described their lives as “thriving” increased from 51.6% to 55.4%. [Gallup]
