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President Obama Job Approval

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Polling Data

PollDateSample
Approve
Disapprove
Spread
RCP Average11/28 - 12/17--54.440.9+13.5
GallupGallup12/15 - 12/171500 A5640+16
Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen12/13 - 12/151500 LV5840+18
FOX NewsFOX News12/11 - 12/131034 RV5341+12
Economist/YouGovEconomist12/10 - 12/131051 RV5145+6
CBS NewsCBS News12/9 - 12/131259 A5636+20
Reuters/IpsosReuters12/9 - 12/131208 A5441+13
PPP (D)PPP (D)12/6 - 12/71224 RV5045+5
McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy12/1 - 12/9873 RV5542+13
BloombergBloomberg12/2 - 12/5999 A5442+12
Pew ResearchPew11/30 - 12/51502 A5837+21
IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP11/28 - 12/4902 A5540+15
GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground11/28 - 12/11000 RV5342+11

All President Obama Job Approval Polling Data

RCP Poll Average
President Obama Job Approval
President Obama Job Approval
54.4
Approve
40.9
Disapprove
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Polling Data

PollDateSample
Approve
Disapprove
Spread
RCP Average11/28 - 12/17--54.440.9+13.5
GallupGallup12/15 - 12/171500 A5640+16
Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen12/13 - 12/151500 LV5840+18
FOX NewsFOX News12/11 - 12/131034 RV5341+12
Economist/YouGovEconomist12/10 - 12/131051 RV5145+6
CBS NewsCBS News12/9 - 12/131259 A5636+20
Reuters/IpsosReuters12/9 - 12/131208 A5441+13
PPP (D)PPP (D)12/6 - 12/71224 RV5045+5
McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy12/1 - 12/9873 RV5542+13
Reuters/IpsosReuters12/2 - 12/61716 A5342+11
Economist/YouGovEconomist12/3 - 12/5977 RV5245+7
BloombergBloomberg12/2 - 12/5999 A5442+12
Pew ResearchPew11/30 - 12/51502 A5837+21
IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP11/28 - 12/4902 A5540+15
GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground11/28 - 12/11000 RV5342+11
Economist/YouGovEconomist11/28 - 11/291079 RV5245+7
Reuters/IpsosReuters11/25 - 11/291704 A5342+11
Economist/YouGovEconomist11/19 - 11/221002 RV5541+14
Reuters/IpsosReuters11/18 - 11/221645 A5340+13
QuinnipiacQuinnipiac11/17 - 11/201071 RV5043+7
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC11/17 - 11/201003 A5741+16
The AtlanticThe Atlantic11/16 - 11/211000 A5640+16
Economist/YouGovEconomist11/12 - 11/151345 RV5145+6
Reuters/IpsosReuters11/11 - 11/151761 A5044+6
Washington PostWash Post11/11 - 11/141002 A5640+16
Economist/YouGovEconomist11/4 - 11/73677 LV5049+1
FOX NewsFOX News11/3 - 11/61295 LV5247+5
NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ11/3 - 11/51282 LV5344+9
McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy11/1 - 11/3940 LV5145+6
Reuters/IpsosReuters10/29 - 11/22708 A5145+6
CBS News/NY TimesCBS/NYT10/28 - 11/11561 A5440+14
Economist/YouGovEconomist10/30 - 11/11233 LV4949Tie
Economist/YouGovEconomist10/22 - 10/261209 LV4851-3
FOX NewsFOX News10/22 - 10/251221 LV5346+7
Pew ResearchPew10/20 - 10/252583 A5442+12
USA Today/SuffolkUSA Today10/20 - 10/241000 LV5441+13
Associated Press-GfKAP-GfK10/20 - 10/241212 LV5347+6
Reuters/IpsosReuters10/20 - 10/241777 A4847+1
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC10/20 - 10/231017 A5543+12
Economist/YouGovEconomist10/15 - 10/18925 RV5048+2
FOX NewsFOX News10/15 - 10/17912 LV5046+4
BloombergBloomberg10/14 - 10/171006 LV5144+7
Reuters/IpsosReuters10/13 - 10/171750 A5145+6
NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ10/10 - 10/131000 RV5344+9
FOX NewsFOX News10/10 - 10/12917 LV5741+16
GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground10/8 - 10/131000 LV5344+9
Economist/YouGovEconomist10/7 - 10/8971 RV4949Tie
Reuters/IpsosReuters10/6 - 10/103567 A5244+8
FOX NewsFOX News10/3 - 10/6896 LV5148+3
Economist/YouGovEconomist10/1 - 10/3911 RV4949Tie
Reuters/IpsosReuters9/29 - 10/31928 A5145+6
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC9/28 - 10/21501 A5544+11
CBS NewsCBS News9/28 - 10/21217 RV5143+8
FOX NewsFOX News9/27 - 9/29911 LV5246+6
PPP (D)PPP (D)9/27 - 9/28933 LV4848Tie
Reuters/IpsosReuters9/22 - 9/261705 A4647-1
MonmouthMonmouth9/22 - 9/25802 RV5343+10
Economist/YouGovEconomist9/22 - 9/24948 RV5049+1
BloombergBloomberg9/21 - 9/241002 LV4948+1
ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP9/19 - 9/22834 RV5145+6
McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy9/15 - 9/20758 LV5144+7
Economist/YouGovEconomist9/18 - 9/19936 RV4751-4
NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ9/16 - 9/191000 RV5245+7
Reuters/IpsosReuters9/15 - 9/191749 A4748-1
Associated Press-GfKAP-GfK9/15 - 9/161251 LV5050Tie
FOX NewsFOX News9/11 - 9/14867 LV5048+2
Economist/YouGovEconomist9/10 - 9/13926 RV4850-2
QuinnipiacQuinnipiac9/8 - 9/13960 LV5047+3
Reuters/IpsosReuters9/8 - 9/121752 A4848Tie
ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP9/5 - 9/8842 RV5542+13
Economist/YouGovEconomist9/4 - 9/6955 RV5048+2
Reuters/IpsosReuters9/1 - 9/51760 A4748-1
CNN/ORCCNN/ORC9/1 - 9/41001 A5148+3
GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground8/28 - 9/11000 LV5147+4
IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP8/26 - 9/1934 A5044+6
FOX NewsFOX News8/28 - 8/301011 RV5443+11

All Commentary & News Stories

- Dems Begin to Realize Obama Decimated Their Party - David Drucker, DC Examiner

- How Will History Judge President Obama? - Christopher Hayes, The Nation

- The Self-Referential Presidency of Barack Obama - Carlos Lozada, Washington Post

- President Obama Did Not Fail Us--We Failed Each Other - Patricia Williams, The Nation

- Which Way Does the Arc of Obama's Moral Universe Bend? - Joan Walsh, The Nation

- I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already - Katha Pollitt, Nation

- The Progressive Echo Chamber in One Roundtable - Gracy Olmstead, The Federalist

- No Matter What Obama & His Minions Say, Credibility Counts - James Kirchick, TWS

- If Russia Has Dug Into US, Obama, Not Trump, Let It Happen - Claudia Rosett, The Hill

- Beyond Hope: What Did President Obama Accomplish? - Eric Bates, The New Republic

- President Obama's Legacy That Never Was - Chris Buskirk, American Greatness

- President Obama's Lame Duck Delusions - New Hampshire Union Leader

- Obama's Second Term Was a Complete Failure - Jim Geraghty, National Review Online

- Here's What Obama Still Doesn't Get About Terrorism - Bryan Dean Wright, LA Times

- Republicans Should Learn From Obama's Mistakes - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard

- How President Obama Changed America - Fareed Zakaria, CNN

- Assessing the Obama Legacy -- Against His Own Mileposts - Victor Davis Hanson, IBD

- What the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Really About - Rep. Kevin Cramer, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's Mixed Anti-Terror Legacy - David French, National Review

- Obama Used 'Fake News' to Sell the Iran Nuclear Deal - James Zumwalt, Breitbart

- What Trump and Obama Have in Common - Barton Swaim, Los Angeles Times

- Obama Competing for "Worst Former President" - Jed Babbin, Washington Times

- 5 Reasons Obama Will Be Seen as One of Worst Presidents - John Hawkins, Townhall

- Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

- Obama's Contempt for the White Working Class Strong as Ever - Jim Geraghty, NRO

- The Legacy Mr. Obama Imagines - Washington Times

- Dem Losses Dim Obama's Star Power - Colin Reed, Boston Herald

- Another Judicial Slap Down for President Obama - Washington Times

- A Farewell to the Comedian in Chief - Timothy Egan, New York Times

- Obama Must Save the Courts to Save U.S. From Trump - Jay Michaelson, Daily Beast

- Democratic Losses in the Age of Obama - Jay Cost, The Weekly Standard

- Obama's Legacy Won't Go Into Overtime - Washington Examiner

- The Arc of History Doesn't Always Bend Toward Justice - Michael Barone, DC Examiner

- Giving Thanks: Presidents From Washington to Obama - New York Post

- Why Obama Thinks His Legacy Will Survive Trump - Ezra Klein, Vox

- Obama's Never-Ending Lecture Tour - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

- President Obama Is Still Living in His Bubble - Investor's Business Daily

- What President Obama Got Right - Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic

- Obama: Oval Office Will Be Wake-Up Call for Trump - Alexis Simendinger, RCP

- Trump Has the Power to Rip Obama's Legacy out by Its Roots - Dylan Matthews, Vox

- All Obama's Accomplishments Are at Risk - Charles Kaiser, CNN

- Obama's Main Legacy: The Collapse of the Democratic Party - Rich Lowry, NY Post

- President Obama the Upright - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg

- Should President Obama Pardon Hillary Clinton? - Stephen Clark, The Hill

- Twenty Years of a Dictatorial Democracy - James Bovard, Washington Times

- Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Trump - Yamiche Alcindor, NY Times

- Some Who Saw Change in Obama Find It Now in Trump - Yamiche Alcindor, NY Times

- When Will Liberals Answer for Obamacare's Failures? - David Harsanyi, The Federalist

- Obama Was Right About Republican Extremism All Along - Brian Beutler, New Republic

- More Evidence Obama Lied about Hillary's Private E-mails - Andrew McCarthy, NRO

- Barack Obama Is 2016's Biggest Winner - David French, National Review Online

- Why America's Allies Are Going Rogue - New York Post

- The Philippines Just Blew Up Obama's Asia Pivot - Eli Lake, Bloomberg

- Fallout From Obama's Feckless Foreign Policy - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

- Will Obama Foolishly Escalate His Secret Wars? - Michael Dougherty, The Week

- The Most Important WikiLeaks Revelation Isn't About Clinton - David Dayen, TNR

- Trump Is One More Bullyboy in a World of Strongmen - David Ignatius, Washington Post

- Obama's Russia Epiphany - Wall Street Journal

- At Home & Abroad, Obama's Legacy in Tatters - Charles Krauthammer, NY Daily News

- GOP Obstruction Is Undermining the Supreme Court - Barack Obama, Huffington Post

- Narrative-Building Has Become a Political Obsession - Jonah Goldberg, National Review

- President Obama Insults Blacks -- Again - Deroy Murdock, National Review Online

- Yemen Is the Graveyard of the Obama Doctrine - Oakford & Salisbury, The Atlantic

- Obama's Terror 'Narrative' - Mark Hemingway, The Weekly Standard

- Obama: Stuck on Crazy - Richard Fernandez, PJ Media

- President Obama: A Creature of Light as World Darkens - David Ignatius, Wash Post

- Barack Obama's Ultimate Exit Interview - Doris Kearns Goodwin, Vanity Fair

- No Thank You, Obama - Stephen Moore, Washington Times

- The Reasons Behind the Obama Non-Recovery - Robert Barro, Wall Street Journal

- Obama's Denial of Terrorism Good News for Trump - Michael Goodwin, New York Post

- Obama Led the World Downward Into Chaos - Benny Avni, New York Post

- How the Obama Presidency Remade Both Parties - Paul Waldman, The Week

- Trump Concedes Obama Was Born in the U.S. - Berg, Simendinger, & Huey-Burns, RCP

- Only Hillary Clinton Will Continue The Obama Jobs Recovery - Ian Reifowitz, Huff Post

- Obama's Campaign Architect Says It's Still Clinton's to Lose - Greg Sargent, WP

- Dangers Rise as America Retreats - Dick Cheney & Liz Cheney, Wall Street Journal

- The Price of Obama's Weakness - Charles Krauthammer, National Review

- How Obama's Economic Record Stacks Up - Richard Carroll, Bloomberg

- Trump Needs to Make Clinton Own Obama's Economy - Charles Gasparino, NY Post

- Obama & Hillary's Lies Have Turned U.S. Into a Banana Republic - Jed Babbin, TAS

- Obama's For-Profit Execution - Wall Street Journal

- The Disastrous Nonintervention in Syria - Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

- Trump Fights Left-Wing Tide in Baton Rouge - Grant Bosse, New Hampshire Union Leader

- One Year On, Russia's War in Syria Not Predicted 'Quagmire' - Howard LaFranchi, CSM

- Trump Shames President Obama Into Visiting Louisiana's Victims - New York Post

- Stop Blaming Trump for Disaster Obama Made of Syria - Tom Nichols, Federalist

- The Price of Obama's Detachment - Charles Krauthammer, New York Daily News

- Regulation vs. The American People - Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal

- Why Susan Rice Is Saying No, the World Is Not on Fire - Zack Beauchamp, Vox

- The Humiliation of a President - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times

- Nuclear Weapons Not Just For the Worst Case Scenario - Elbridge Colby, Foreign Policy

- Obama, Not Trump, Has Built up Russian Strongman Putin - Liz Peek, FOX News

- Obama's Popularity Looks Much Like Reagan's in 1988 - Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine

- Obama Will Leave His Successor a Ticking Time Bomb - Michael Dougherty, The Week

- Trump's Effective Takedown of Obama-Clinton Security Policy - Fred Barnes, TWS

- New World (Dis)Order - Arthur Goldhammer, The American Prospect

- Why Milwaukee Burns - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

- 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

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