Polls
Year
State
Type
Results
President Obama Job Approval
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 7/29 - 8/12 | -- | 51.9 | 44.2 | +7.7 |
| GallupGallup | 8/10 - 8/12 | 1500 A | 53 | 43 | +10 |
| Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen | 8/9 - 8/11 | 1500 LV | 51 | 48 | +3 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 8/6 - 8/10 | 1459 A | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| BloombergBloomberg | 8/5 - 8/8 | 1007 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 8/6 - 8/9 | 911 RV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 8/4 - 8/7 | 683 LV | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 8/1 - 8/4 | 815 RV | 53 | 45 | +8 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 8/1 - 8/3 | 983 RV | 53 | 40 | +13 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 7/31 - 8/3 | 800 RV | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 7/29 - 8/4 | 921 A | 52 | 40 | +12 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 7/31 - 8/2 | 1022 RV | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 7/29 - 7/31 | 1003 A | 54 | 45 | +9 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 7/29 - 7/30 | 1276 LV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
51.9 Approve | 44.2 Disapprove |
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Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 7/29 - 8/12 | -- | 51.9 | 44.2 | +7.7 |
| GallupGallup | 8/10 - 8/12 | 1500 A | 53 | 43 | +10 |
| Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen | 8/9 - 8/11 | 1500 LV | 51 | 48 | +3 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 8/6 - 8/10 | 1459 A | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| BloombergBloomberg | 8/5 - 8/8 | 1007 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 8/6 - 8/9 | 911 RV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 8/4 - 8/7 | 683 LV | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 8/1 - 8/4 | 815 RV | 53 | 45 | +8 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 8/1 - 8/3 | 983 RV | 53 | 40 | +13 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 7/31 - 8/3 | 800 RV | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 7/29 - 8/4 | 921 A | 52 | 40 | +12 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 7/31 - 8/2 | 1022 RV | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 7/30 - 8/3 | 1631 A | 48 | 48 | Tie |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 7/30 - 8/1 | 933 RV | 48 | 49 | -1 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 7/29 - 7/31 | 1003 A | 54 | 45 | +9 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 7/29 - 7/30 | 1276 LV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 7/25 - 7/29 | 2157 A | 45 | 49 | -4 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 7/23 - 7/24 | 1057 RV | 48 | 49 | -1 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 7/22 - 7/24 | 1001 A | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 7/16 - 7/20 | 1522 A | 44 | 49 | -5 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 7/15 - 7/17 | 925 RV | 45 | 49 | -4 |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 7/14 - 7/16 | 688 LV | 49 | 47 | +2 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 7/11 - 7/14 | 816 RV | 52 | 46 | +6 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 7/9 - 7/13 | 1000 RV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| CBS News/NY TimesCBS/NYT | 7/8 - 7/12 | 1600 A | 53 | 41 | +12 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 7/9 - 7/11 | 932 RV | 46 | 51 | -5 |
| Associated Press-GfKAP-GfK | 7/7 - 7/11 | 1009 A | 47 | 52 | -5 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 7/5 - 7/9 | 1053 RV | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 7/2 - 7/6 | 1543 A | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 7/2 - 7/4 | 918 RV | 45 | 51 | -6 |
| USA Today/SuffolkUSA Today | 6/26 - 6/29 | 1000 LV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 6/27 - 6/28 | 947 RV | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 6/26 - 6/28 | 1017 RV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 6/24 - 6/29 | 905 A | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 6/25 - 6/29 | 1543 A | 49 | 46 | +3 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 6/24 - 6/27 | 919 RV | 43 | 54 | -11 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 6/21 - 6/27 | 1610 RV | 48 | 48 | Tie |
| National JournalNational Journal | 6/19 - 6/24 | 1000 A | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 6/20 - 6/23 | 836 RV | 54 | 43 | +11 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 6/19 - 6/23 | 1000 RV | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 6/15 - 6/26 | 2245 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 6/18 - 6/20 | 1585 A | 50 | 46 | +4 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 6/18 - 6/20 | 911 RV | 47 | 49 | -2 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 6/16 - 6/19 | 1001 A | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 6/15 - 6/19 | 803 RV | 49 | 46 | +3 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 6/11 - 6/15 | 1602 A | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| BloombergBloomberg | 6/10 - 6/13 | 1000 A | 53 | 42 | +11 |
| CBS NewsCBS News | 6/9 - 6/13 | 1280 A | 53 | 41 | +12 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 6/5 - 6/8 | 1004 RV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 6/4 - 6/8 | 1716 A | 49 | 47 | +2 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 6/2 - 6/5 | 1396 RV | 46 | 52 | -6 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 5/31 - 6/5 | 908 A | 51 | 42 | +9 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 5/28 - 6/1 | 1615 A | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 5/24 - 5/30 | 1561 RV | 49 | 48 | +1 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 5/21 - 5/25 | 1576 A | 47 | 46 | +1 |
| The Economist/YouGovEconomist | 5/20 - 5/23 | 1393 RV | 45 | 52 | -7 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 5/16 - 5/19 | 829 RV | 47 | 51 | -4 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 5/15 - 5/19 | 1000 RV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 5/14 - 5/17 | 1021 RV | 48 | 49 | -1 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 5/14 - 5/17 | 1677 A | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| CBS News/NY TimesCBS/NYT | 5/13 - 5/17 | 1300 A | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 5/7 - 5/11 | 1611 A | 47 | 50 | -3 |
| The Economist/YouGovEconomist | 5/6 - 5/9 | 1389 RV | 46 | 52 | -6 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 5/6 - 5/9 | 1222 RV | 49 | 48 | +1 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 4/30 - 5/4 | 1277 A | 49 | 45 | +4 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 4/28 - 5/1 | 1001 A | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 4/22 - 4/28 | 903 A | 49 | 44 | +5 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 4/23 - 4/27 | 2116 A | 46 | 49 | -3 |
| The Economist/YouGovEconomist | 4/22 - 4/26 | 1375 RV | 45 | 51 | -6 |
| USA Today/SuffolkUSA Today | 4/20 - 4/24 | 1000 LV | 46 | 45 | +1 |
| GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground | 4/17 - 4/20 | 1000 LV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 4/12 - 4/19 | 2008 A | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 4/16 - 4/20 | 1598 A | 49 | 45 | +4 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 4/10 - 4/14 | 1000 RV | 49 | 48 | +1 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 4/11 - 4/13 | 1021 RV | 49 | 47 | +2 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 4/9 - 4/13 | 1680 A | 48 | 48 | Tie |
All Commentary & News Stories
- Nuclear Weapons Not Just For the Worst Case Scenario - Elbridge Colby, Foreign Policy
- Americans' Wages Plunge Under Obama - Keith Koffler, LifeZette
- Trump's Obama-ISIS Comment Reveals a Campaign on the Brink - Philip Bump, WP
- Obama's Worst Mistake - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
- How Race Relations Got Worse - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
- Obama's Economic Recovery Is Now $2.2 Trillion Below Average - IBD
- Clinton's Risky Embrace of Obama - Eric Fehrnstrom, Boston Globe
- Obama Economy Left Behind Those Clinton Needs to Win - T. Olorunnipa, Bloomberg
- Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantanamo - Connie Bruck, The New Yorker
- Obama's Age of Discord - Wall Street Journal
- The Hillary Clinton Foreign Policy Defense: It's Obama Policy - Ed Krayewski, Reason
- Obama Is Not a Scientist. JAMA Shouldn't Pretend He Is - Berezow & Hartsfield, LAT
- Pining for Obama - Richard Cohen, New York Daily News
- Coup Attempt Is New Blow to US-Turkey Relationship - David Ignatius, Washington Post
- Obama's Dangerous Distortion of the Terrorist Threat - Juan Zarate, Washington Post
- Obamacare Continues to Spiral Downwards - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist
- Nice, Turkey and an Obama WH Again Taken by Surprise - Richard Fernandez, PJMedia
- Obama's Whac-a-Mole Strategy - Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
- In Dallas, Our President Meets the Moment - Mike Barnicle, The Daily Beast
- How Obama Ruined His Dallas Memorial Speech - John Podhoretz, New York Post
- Obama Proposes Fixing Obamacare w/ New, Govt-Run Plan - Peter Suderman, Reason
- Obama's Toxic Mind Game with Police - Keith Ablow, FOX News
- Racially Divisive Liberalism Comes Home to Roost - Jed Babbin, American Spectator
- Inconvenient Attacks, Vague Language - Noah Rothman, Commentary
- The War on Cops Makes Us All Less Safe - Heather Mac Donald, Washington Free Beacon
- President Obama's Double Standard on Race - Robert Merry, The National Interest
- Obama's False Racism Claims Are Putting Cops' Lives in Danger - John Lott, NY Post
- President's Police Reform a Work in Progress - Maya Rhodan, Time
- Obama, Dems Exploit Attack To Push For Gun Control - John Davidson, The Federalist
- What Doesn't Work Against Terrorism - Kevin Williamson, National Review Online
- How Obama's Green Policies Threaten U.S. Energy Security - Bill Gertz, Free Beacon
- How Obama's Friends Profit From His Policies - Matt Continetti, Washington Free Beacon
- Obama's Lies Kill Public's Trust - Kelly Riddell, Washington Times
- When Will Obama Tell the Whole Truth About Drone Strikes? - Naureen Shah, Guardian
- In This Corner of Washington, the Only Ideology Is 'Money' - Thomas Frank, The Nation
- Who's the Xenophobe Now? - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
- For Immigrants, Obama Era Has Been Long and Maddening - Julianne Hing, Nation
- Three Cheers for the Stonewall National Monument - New York Post
- Will Obama's Democratic Party Wage Sanders' Class War? - Jonathan Chait, NY Mag
- Why Obama's Brexit Charm Offensive Failed - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
- Hillary: I'll Fix Obama's Economy By Applying More Of His Failed Policies - IBD
- Obama's Job in Election Is Now Clearer Than Ever - Paul Waldman, Washington Post
- Obama Shares The Blame For Brexit - Saad Khan, Huffington Post
- Supreme Court Defeat Thwarts Piece of Obama's Legacy - Michael Shear, NY Times
- Clinton, Obama, Trump and the Abuse of Power - James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
- McCain Goes all Trump on Obama - Laurie Roberts, AZ Central
- Obama Continues to Be in Denial About Terrorism - Marc Thiessen, Washington Post
- By Backing Clinton, Obama Endorses Lawlessness - Ken Blackwell, Washington Times
- On Ads, Can Clinton Do to Trump what Obama Did to Romney? - Byron York, Examiner
- Why Are Democrats Soft on Terror? - Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
- Obama Won't Let Tragedy in Orlando Go to Waste - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
- Trump Exploits Orlando's Tragedy to Smear Muslims and Obama - Dana Milbank, WP
- The Two Things Obama Refuses to Name - Marina Koren, The Atlantic
- When Tragedy Hits, Americans Stand Divided - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
- Banana Republic or Chicago Way--What Difference Does It Make? - John Kass, CT
- Hillary Clinton's Third-Term Dilemma - Jordan Fabian, The Hill
- Obama Endorses Clinton; Sanders Continues Bid - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
- Democratic Dissonance on the Economy - Michael Boskin, Wall Street Journal
- The Obama Narrative Goes to Hiroshima - Claudia Rosett, PJ Media
- Obama Admin Fights to Prevent Clinton Email Deposition - Julian Hattem, The Hill
- Obama Wins Respect in Hiroshima - Jake Adelstein & Mari Yamamoto, The Daily Beast
- President Obama Floats Above the Malaise - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
- How Obama Became a Political Asset for Clinton - Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
- Turning President Obama Loose in Asia - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
- End the Imperial Presidency Before It's Too Late - Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
- Apologize for Hiroshima? Hell, No! - Stu Bykofsky, Philadelphia Inquirer
- In Defense of Ben Rhodes, Obama's Foreign Policy Supremo - Peter Apps, Reuters
- What Obama Still Doesn't Get About Communism - Seth Lipsky, New York Post
- Clinton Needs Obama to Sell His Economic Record - Jules Witcover, Baltimore Sun
- Our Part-Time Jobs President - Charles Owens, Detroit News
- Will Obama Indict Clinton to Save His Party? - Leon Wolf, RedState
- Obama to Help Clinton Make Case Against Trump - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
- Trump Is Everything the Right Wing Made Obama Out to Be - Jamelle Bouie, Slate
- Sanders and Clinton at Odds With Obama's Optimism - Jim Geraghty, National Review
- Would Trump Undo Obama's Environmental Legacy? - Bill Murray, RealClearPolitics
- Rhodes to Ruin - Adam Garfinkle, The American Interest
- The Contemptuous Certainty of Barack Obama - James Poulos, The Week
- The Selling of the Iran Deal - Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard
- Conservatives Go Apoplectic Over Obama's Bathroom Rule - Rex Huppke, Chicago Trib
- $1 Billion for Obama's Library? Let's Stop This Trend - Dan McGinn, Chicago Tribune
- How Obama's White House Manipulates the Press - Washington Examiner
- White House Admits It Played Us for Fools to Sell Iran Deal - John Podhoretz, NY Post
- Obama's Got Flint's Back - Wall Street Journal
- Like Obama, Clinton Will Only Have 2 Years to Govern - Paul Waldman, Amer. Prospect
- Linguistic Farce of No 'Boots on the Ground' in Syria - Jilani & Emmons, The Intercept
- Obama Defends His Economic Legacy - Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times Magazine
- Obama's Economic Disappointment - Narayana Kocherlakota, Bloomberg
- How Will Obama Respond to Rising China-Taiwan Tensions? - John Bolton, Fox News
- Will Hillary Clinton Loosen Obama's Lobbying Rules? - Ben Geman, National Journal
- Obama's Brexit Overreach Is Typical of His Arrogance - Tim Montgomerie, The Spectator
- Better the Saudis We Know - Bernard Haykel & Steffen Hertog, New York Times
- Obama's Lecture to Brits Is Absurdly Hypocritical - New York Post
- The Saudi Obama Snub: A Positive Sign - Daniel Williams, Huffington Post
- How Obama Will Celebrate 'Earth Day' - Jim DeMint, Washington Times
- Obama Hypocritically Tells Brits: 'No, You Can't' - Charles Moore, The Telegraph
- It Took Barack Obama to Crush the Brexit Fantasy - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
- Lord Acton, Call Your Office - William Murchison, The American Spectator
- Should Obama Go To Hiroshima? - Denver Post
- A Democratic Flashback to 2008, or to 1980? - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
- Obama Hides His Iraq War - William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
