United States presidential approval rating

In the United States, presidential job approval ratings were introduced by George Gallup in the late 1930s (estimated to be 1937) to gauge public support for the president of the United States during their term. An approval rating is a percentage determined by a polling which indicates the percentage of respondents to an opinion poll who approve of a particular person or program. Typically, an approval rating is given to a politician based on responses to a poll in which a sample of people are asked whether they approve or disapprove of that particular political figure. A question might ask:

Do you approve or disapprove of the way that the current president is handling their job as president?[1]

Like most surveys that measure opinions, individual poll results may be inaccurate. Many unscientific approval rating systems exist that show inaccurate statistics. Examples that self select, such as online questions are of this type. However, the aggregate approval rating is generally accepted by statisticians, as a statistically valid indicator of the comparative changes in the popular United States mood regarding a president.

President Donald Trump in 2018 had a job approval of approximately 81–91% with Republicans, 30–42% with Independents, and 5–13% with Democrats.[1] Gallup polling has found that, as of 2019, 47% of Americans are either "Democrats or Democratic leaners" while 42% are either "Republicans or Republican leaners".[2]

President Donald Trump
Main article: Opinion polling on the Donald Trump administration

Most recent polls for President Donald Trump[3][4][5]

Polling group Date Approval Disapproval Unsure Net +/− Sample size[5] Population[5][6]
YouGov[7] August 13-15, 2020 43% 55% 2% –12% 781 Registered Voters
Wall Street Journal[8] August 9-12, 2020 44% 53% 3% –9% 900 Registered Voters
YouGov[9] August 10, 2020 41% 53% 6% –13% 1,000 All adults
Rasmussen Reports [lower-alpha 1][12] August 6–10, 2020 48% 51% 1% –2% 1,500 Likely voters
Morning Consult[13] August 4–7, 2020 38% 57% 5% –19% 2,200 All adults
Georgetown University[14] August 1–6, 2020 42% 55% 3% –13% 1,000 Likely voters
Research Co.[15] August 3–4, 2020 43% 54% 3% –11% 1,200 All adults
Reuters/Ipsos[16] August 3–4, 2020 39% 57% 4% –18% 1,115 All adults
Global Strategy Group/GBAO (Navigator Research)[17] July 30–August 3, 2020 39% 59% 2% –20% 1,407 Registered voters
Pew Research Center[18] July 27–August 2, 2020 38% 59% 3% –21% 11,001 All adults
Emerson College/Nexstar Media[19] July 29–30, 2020 45% 51% 4% –6% 964 Likely voters
Investor's Business Daily/TIPP[20] July 25–28, 2020 39% 54% 7% –15% 1,212 All adults
0ptimus[21] July 24–28, 2020 42% 58% 0% –16% 1,039 All adults
Change Research/CNBC[22] July 24–26, 2020 44% 56% 0% –12% 1,039 Likely voters
The Hill/HarrisX[23] July 24–26, 2020 44% 56% 0% –12% 2,842 Registered voters
RMG Research[lower-alpha 2][24] July 23–25, 2020 40% 57% 3% –17% 1,200 Registered voters
Zogby Analytics[25] July 21–23, 2020 47% 51% 2% –4% 1,516 Likely voters
Harvard/Harris[26] July 21–23, 2020 44% 56% 0% –12% 1,932 Registered voters
Gallup poll[27] July 1–23, 2020 41% 56% 3% –15% 1,007 All adults
Echelon Insights[28] July 17–22, 2020 37% 60% 3% –23% 1,000 Likely voters
American Research Group[29] July 17–20, 2020 36% 60% 4% –24% 1,100 All adults
Associated Press/NORC[30] July 16–20, 2020 38% 61% 1% –23% 1,057 All adults
Fox News[lower-alpha 3][31] July 12–15, 2020 45% 54% 1% –9% 1,104 Registered voters
ABC News/The Washington Post[32] July 12–15, 2020 39% 57% 4% –18% 1,006 All adults
Quinnipiac[33] July 9–13, 2020 36% 60% 4% –24% 1,273 Registered voters
NBC News/The Wall Street Journal[34] July 9–12, 2020 42% 56% 2% –14% 900 Registered voters

Historical comparison

Historical Gallup Poll approval highs and lows for each president since 1937[35][36][37][lower-alpha 4]

Order President Highest approval Lowest approval High –
Low		 Highest disapproval Highest margin Lowest margin Final poll Approval
average[35]		 Polls
per year
45[38][39][40][41] Trump 49 (2020-01-29, 2020-02-16, 2020-03-22, 2020-04-28, 2020-05-13)[38] 35 (2017-8-27, 2017-10-29, 2017-12-03, 2017-12-17)[38] 14 60 (2017-8-27, 2017-10-29, 2017-12-17, 2018-11-25) [38] 4 (2020-03-22) [38] −25 (2017-10-29, 2017-12-01) [38] 41 (2020-07-23)[38] 40 [38] 40
44[42][43] Obama 67 (2009-01-25) 40 (2014-09-05)[lower-alpha 5] 27 55 (2014-06-22, 2014-10-12) 56 (2009-01-23, 2009-01-24) −18 (2014-10-10) 59 (2017-01-19) 47.9 48.4
43[44] G. W. Bush 90 (2001-9-21) 25 (2008-10-05, 2008-10-12, 2008-11-02) 65 71 (2008-10-10) 83 (2001-09-22) −46 (2008-10-12) 34 (2009-01-11) 49.4 33.7
42[45] Clinton 73 (1998-12-19) 37 (1993-06-06) 36 54 (1994-09-07) 45 (2000-12-17) −14 (1994-09-07) 66 (2001-01-14) 55.1 28.5
41[46] G. H. W. Bush 89 (1991-02-28) 29 (1992-08-02, 1992-10-13) 60 60 (1992-07-31) 82 (1991-03-03) −30 (1992-08-02, 1992-10-13) 56 (1993-01-11) 60.9 39.5
40[47] Reagan 71 (1986-01-30) 35 (1983-01-31) 36 56 (1983-01-28) 52 (1986-01-30) −21(1983-01-31) 63 (1988-12-29) 52.8 37.0
39[48] Carter 74 (1977-03-15) 28 (1979-06-26, 1979-10-02) 46 59 (1979-06-26) 66 (1977-03-15) −31 (1979-06-26) 34 (1980-12-08) 45.5 22.7
38[49] Ford 70 (1974-08-13) 36 (1975-03-25) 34 46 (1975-04-15, 1975-11-18) 67 (1974-08-13) −7 (1975-02-25, 1975-03-25, 1975-04-15) 53 (1976-12-13) 47.2 14.7
37[50] Nixon 66 (1973-01-23) 24 (1974-01-02) 42 66 (1974-08-05) 57 (1969-03-17) −42 (1974-08-05) 24 (1974-08-05) 49.1 17.7
36[51] Johnson 79 (1964-03-05) 34 (1968-08-12) 45 52 (1968-08-12) 75 (1963-12-10) −18 (1968-08-12) 49 (1969-01-06) 55.1 15.3
35[52] Kennedy 83 (1962-03-05) 56 (1963-09-10) 27 30 (1963-09-12, 1963-11-08) 78 (1962-03-05) 27 (1963-09-10) 58 (1963-11-13) 70.1 13.7
34[53] Eisenhower 77 (1955-11-22, 1956-12-19) 47 (1958-03-25) 30 36 (1958-03-25) 66 (1953-04-02, 1956-12-19) 12 (1958-03-25) 59 (1960-12-13) 65.0 14.4
33[54] Truman 87 (1945-06-05) 22 (1951-11-16, 1952-02-14) 69 67 (1952-01-06) 85 (1945-08-22) −43 (1952-01-04) 32 (1952-12-16) 45.4 8.4
32[55] F. D. Roosevelt 83 (1942-01-23) 48 (1939-08-18) 35 46 (1938-05-22, 1938-05-29, 1938-11-07) 73 (1942-01-23) 65 (1943-12-15) 63 8

Graphs
Gallup Poll graphs of approval ratings for presidents of the United States

See also

Notes
  1. Polls with a notable pro-Trump/Republican bias.[10][11]
  2. conducted by Scott Rasmussen, founder and President of Rasmussen Reports from 2003 to 2013.
  3. Conducted by Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R)
  4. Only the results of Gallup polls are included as no other poll results exist for presidents before President Clinton.
  5. Last of eight, sometimes overlapping, 3-day averages.

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