October 28, 2016 11:58 AM
President Obama
The public’s grading of President Obama’s job approval, as found by Gallup on 10/23/16, is 57% approval/ 40% disapproval. A year ago it was 43% 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 |
| Oct. 2016 | 53/44% | xxx | 55/44% | 51/43% (CBS) | 57/41% |
| 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 | 58 | 31 (10/23/60) |
| Clinton | 57 | 38 (10/28/00) |
| Obama | 54 | 43 (10/17/16) |
| Reagan | 51 | 38 (10/24/88) |
| GW Bush | 31 | 66 (10/26/08) |
Obama has an approval/disapproval rating on the economy of 47% to 47% and an approval/disapproval rating on foreign policy of 42% to 46%. [Economist/ YouGov, 10/8]
Peter Hart makes the point that Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton did little to help the person who was trying to succeed them. Obama is turning heaven and earth in support of Hillary Clinton.
He also makes the case that Barack Obama has had the best 7th and 8th years of any president in his lifetime.
