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| 1st Term | 49.6 | 44.9 | +4.7 | 2nd Term | 45.9 | 49.6 | -3.7 |
| 2009 | 56.5 | 36.3 | +20.2 | 2013 | 46.4 | 48.6 | -2.2 |
| 2010 | 46.9 | 47.4 | -0.5 | 2014 | 42.5 | 52.9 | -10.4 |
| 2011 | 46.5 | 47.9 | -1.4 | 2015 | 45.0 | 50.5 | -5.5 |
| 2012 | 48.6 | 47.3 | +1.3 | 2016 | 49.8 | 46.5 | +3.3 |
| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 1/3 - 1/18 | -- | 57.2 | 39.3 | +17.9 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 1/15 - 1/18 | 1006 RV | 57 | 39 | +18 |
| GallupGallup | 1/15 - 1/18 | 1500 A | 58 | 38 | +20 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 1/14 - 1/17 | 1078 RV | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 1/13 - 1/17 | 2070 A | 56 | 41 | +15 |
| CBS NewsCBS News | 1/13 - 1/16 | 1257 A | 62 | 36 | +26 |
| Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen | 1/12 - 1/16 | 1500 LV | 62 | 38 | +24 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1005 A | 60 | 38 | +22 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1000 A | 60 | 39 | +21 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1000 A | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 1/12 - 1/15 | 708 RV | 54 | 40 | +14 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 1/5 - 1/9 | 899 RV | 55 | 39 | +16 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 1/4 - 1/9 | 1502 A | 55 | 40 | +15 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 1/3 - 1/9 | 904 A | 55 | 41 | +14 |

57.2 Approve | 39.3 Disapprove |
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| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 1/3 - 1/18 | -- | 57.2 | 39.3 | +17.9 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 1/15 - 1/18 | 1006 RV | 57 | 39 | +18 |
| GallupGallup | 1/15 - 1/18 | 1500 A | 58 | 38 | +20 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 1/14 - 1/17 | 1078 RV | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 1/13 - 1/17 | 2070 A | 56 | 41 | +15 |
| CBS NewsCBS News | 1/13 - 1/16 | 1257 A | 62 | 36 | +26 |
| Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen | 1/12 - 1/16 | 1500 LV | 62 | 38 | +24 |
| ABC News/Wash PostABC/WP | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1005 A | 60 | 38 | +22 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1000 A | 60 | 39 | +21 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1000 A | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| MonmouthMonmouth | 1/12 - 1/15 | 708 RV | 54 | 40 | +14 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 1/7 - 1/10 | 1069 RV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 1/6 - 1/10 | 1787 A | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 1/5 - 1/9 | 899 RV | 55 | 39 | +16 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 1/4 - 1/9 | 1502 A | 55 | 40 | +15 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 1/3 - 1/9 | 904 A | 55 | 41 | +14 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 12/31 - 1/3 | 1234 RV | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 12/30 - 1/3 | 1961 A | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 12/24 - 12/27 | 1196 RV | 51 | 44 | +7 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 12/17 - 12/20 | 998 RV | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 12/16 - 12/20 | 2065 A | 56 | 41 | +15 |
| USA Today/SuffolkUSA Today | 12/14 - 12/18 | 1000 RV | 54 | 41 | +13 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 12/12 - 12/15 | 1000 A | 52 | 42 | +10 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 12/11 - 12/13 | 1034 RV | 53 | 41 | +12 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 12/10 - 12/13 | 1051 RV | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 12/9 - 12/13 | 1208 A | 54 | 41 | +13 |
| CBS NewsCBS News | 12/9 - 12/13 | 1259 A | 56 | 36 | +20 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 12/6 - 12/7 | 1224 RV | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 12/1 - 12/9 | 873 RV | 55 | 42 | +13 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 12/2 - 12/6 | 1716 A | 53 | 42 | +11 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 12/3 - 12/5 | 977 RV | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| BloombergBloomberg | 12/2 - 12/5 | 999 A | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 11/30 - 12/5 | 1502 A | 58 | 37 | +21 |
| IBD/TIPPIBD/TIPP | 11/28 - 12/4 | 902 A | 55 | 40 | +15 |
| GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground | 11/28 - 12/1 | 1000 RV | 53 | 42 | +11 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 11/28 - 11/29 | 1079 RV | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 11/25 - 11/29 | 1704 A | 53 | 42 | +11 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 11/19 - 11/22 | 1002 RV | 55 | 41 | +14 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 11/18 - 11/22 | 1645 A | 53 | 40 | +13 |
| QuinnipiacQuinnipiac | 11/17 - 11/20 | 1071 RV | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 11/17 - 11/20 | 1003 A | 57 | 41 | +16 |
| The AtlanticThe Atlantic | 11/16 - 11/21 | 1000 A | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 11/12 - 11/15 | 1345 RV | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 11/11 - 11/15 | 1761 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Washington PostWash Post | 11/11 - 11/14 | 1002 A | 56 | 40 | +16 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 11/4 - 11/7 | 3677 LV | 50 | 49 | +1 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 11/3 - 11/6 | 1295 LV | 52 | 47 | +5 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 11/3 - 11/5 | 1282 LV | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| McClatchy/MaristMcClatchy | 11/1 - 11/3 | 940 LV | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 10/29 - 11/2 | 2708 A | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| CBS News/NY TimesCBS/NYT | 10/28 - 11/1 | 1561 A | 54 | 40 | +14 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 10/30 - 11/1 | 1233 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 10/22 - 10/26 | 1209 LV | 48 | 51 | -3 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 10/22 - 10/25 | 1221 LV | 53 | 46 | +7 |
| Pew ResearchPew | 10/20 - 10/25 | 2583 A | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| USA Today/SuffolkUSA Today | 10/20 - 10/24 | 1000 LV | 54 | 41 | +13 |
| Associated Press-GfKAP-GfK | 10/20 - 10/24 | 1212 LV | 53 | 47 | +6 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 10/20 - 10/24 | 1777 A | 48 | 47 | +1 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 10/20 - 10/23 | 1017 A | 55 | 43 | +12 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 10/15 - 10/18 | 925 RV | 50 | 48 | +2 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 10/15 - 10/17 | 912 LV | 50 | 46 | +4 |
| BloombergBloomberg | 10/14 - 10/17 | 1006 LV | 51 | 44 | +7 |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 10/13 - 10/17 | 1750 A | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| NBC News/Wall St. JrnlNBC/WSJ | 10/10 - 10/13 | 1000 RV | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 10/10 - 10/12 | 917 LV | 57 | 41 | +16 |
| GWU/BattlegroundGWU/Battleground | 10/8 - 10/13 | 1000 LV | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 10/7 - 10/8 | 971 RV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 10/6 - 10/10 | 3567 A | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 10/3 - 10/6 | 896 LV | 51 | 48 | +3 |
| Economist/YouGovEconomist | 10/1 - 10/3 | 911 RV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 9/29 - 10/3 | 1928 A | 51 | 45 | +6 |
| CNN/ORCCNN/ORC | 9/28 - 10/2 | 1501 A | 55 | 44 | +11 |
| CBS NewsCBS News | 9/28 - 10/2 | 1217 RV | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| FOX NewsFOX News | 9/27 - 9/29 | 911 LV | 52 | 46 | +6 |
| PPP (D)PPP (D) | 9/27 - 9/28 | 933 LV | 48 | 48 | Tie |
| Reuters/IpsosReuters | 9/22 - 9/26 | 1705 A | 46 | 47 | -1 |
- The Media's National Emergency Double Standard - Barbara Boland, Spectator USA
- Ben Rhodes: 'Trump Is Just Tearing Things Down' - Christoph Scheuermann, Der Spiegel
- Who Are the Adults Who Act and Govern as Children? - Jack Hellner, American Thinker
- Barack Obama and the Perpetual Presidency - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times
- Obama Is Still Electoral Kryptonite in Swing States - Rachel Stoltzfoos, The Federalist
- Barack Obama Loses Again - Tiana Lowe, Washington Examiner
- Biggest Loser of the Midterms? Barack Obama - Monica Showalter, American Thinker
- Obama Makes Midterm Push to Protect Legacy - Niall Stanage, The Hill
- Donald Trump Is a Shameless Liar - Former President Barack Obama
- Obama on Offense: Republicans 'Can't Help Themselves' - Gideon Resnick, Daily Beast
- Obama Reminds Americans of His Miserable Legacy - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
- What Trump Knows That Obama Didn't - Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
- Dems to Obama: Where Are You? - Sam Stein, The Daily Beast
- Trump Reversed Every Failed Obama Economic Policy - Kayleigh McEnany, FOX News
- If Dems Lose Again, Obama's Legacy Is Gone Forever - Jonathan Alter, Daily Beast
- Trump & Obama Hit the Trail - for Better or Worse - Sally Persons, RealClearPolitics
- Obama Is a Self-Absorbed Partisan, Not a Senior Statesman - Karl Rove, FOX News
- Obama's Return Reminds Us How He Led to Trump - James Bovard, USA Today
- Obama Reminds Us Why Donald Trump Is President - David Harsanyi, The Federalist
- Obama's Return May Energize Republicans More Than Dems - Mark Davis, Townhall
- Obama Comes Out of Retirement With Same Tired Message - Alfredo Ortiz, RCP
- Obama's Back, Loosening Trump's Stranglehold on News - Charles Blow, NY Times
- Obama's Back On the Trail, and This Time It's Personal - Robin Abcarian, LA Times
- Obama Hits the Midterm Campaign Trail--and Trump - Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker
- Obama Will Hurt, Not Help, Democrats in Midterms - Julie Kelly, American Greatness
- Barack Obama Is Just What the Democrats Need - Julian Zelizer, CNN
- Trump a Racist for Policy Obama & Bush Followed Too? - Eddie Scarry, Examiner
- Some Dems Say 'No Thanks' to Obama's Help in Midterms - Bolton & Parnes, The Hill
- The World As It Wasn't - James Rosen, National Review
- Trump Isn't Wrecking Obama's Regulatory Legacy - Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg
- Obama Is the Gift That Keeps Giving to Republicans - Adriana Cohen, Boston Herald
- Did Obama, Brennan and Clinton Illegally Collude to Take Trump Down? - IBD
- If Trump Is an Agent of Putin, What Was Obama? - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
- On Russia, Look at Trump's Actions - and Obama's - Mikheil Saakashvili, The Federalist
- Obama Still Lecturing, Still Clueless - Richmond Times-Dispatch
- The Nelson Mandela Lecture - Barack Obama, The New Yorker
- Obama's Legacy Is Still Damaging the Democrats - F.H. Buckley, New York Post
- Obama to Dems: 'You Are Right to Be Concerned' - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
- Obama Remains AWOL for Democrats - Brent Budowsky, The Hill
- Barack Obama, Where Are You? - Gabriel DeBenedetti, New York Magazine
- The Sad Legacy of the Obama Border Orphans - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
- Why Obama Is Worried About 'Truth Decay' - Rich & Kavanagh, CNN
- Obama Was the Reason Clinton Wasn't Charged - Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Show
- Stick to Netflix, Barack - Charles Hurt, Washington Times
- Ben Rhodes and the World As It Was - Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner
- Inside the White House During the Syrian 'Red Line' Crisis - Ben Rhodes, The Atlantic
- Obama's Revealing Reaction to Trump's Victory - Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon
- Obama Was Right: He Came Too Early - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
- The Wipeout of Obama's Legacy - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
- The Fragile Legacy of Barack Obama - Elaine Kamarck, Brookings
- Trump Threatens to Repeat Obama Mistakes in Syria - Marc Thiessen, Washington Post
- Can Obama Rescue the Democrats? - James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
- A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud - Russell Berman, The Atlantic
- Trump Scraps Obama Rule That Turned Schools Into 'War Zones' - Paul Sperry, NYP
- No Drama Obama vs. Trump 'Chaos' - Larry Elder, Investor's Business Daily
- Think the Obama Admin Wasn't Corrupt? Think Again - Investor's Business Daily
- Did Obama Tutor Hillary In Electoral Conspiracy 101? - Investor's Business Daily
- How Obama Got Schooled by a Broken System - Julian Zelizer, The Daily Beast
- The Post-American President Returns to Center Stage - Brandon Weichert, American Greatness
- The Missing Obama Millions - McElwee, Rhodes, Schaffner & Fraga, New York Times
- Obama's Legacy: He Sparked Hope--and Got Blindsided - Julian Zelizer, CNN
- Did Lax Obama-Era School-Discipline Policies Enable Shooter? - David French, NRO
- Don't Rehabilitate Obama on Russia - Haddad & Polyakova, The American Interest
- Behind Fla. Rampage: Obama's School-Leniency Policy - Paul Sperry, RCInvestigations
- Obama Delivers Speech in Soviet-style Vacuum - Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald
- Another Way Obama's Spies Exploited the Anti-Trump Dossier - Paul Sperry, NY Post
- Obama Knew Foreign Entities Were Interfering, Did Nothing - Tammy Bruce, Washington Times
- The Unexpected Obama-Trump Convergence on Russia - David Graham, The Atlantic
- The Obamas' New Paintings Are a Milestone - Rachelle Hampton, Slate
- Black Panther Is for Film What Obama Was for Presidency - Issac Bailey, CNN
- GOP Floats New Theory: Blame Obama! - Heather Digby Parton, Salon
- Completely Missing the Point on Lisa Page's Obama Text - Andrew McCarthy, NRO
- Obamanomics Is Dead and Trump Killed It - Brandon Weichert, American Greatness
- New Page-Strzok FBI Texts: Obama Wants 'to Know Everything' - Jake Gibson, Fox News
- Trump Rides Economic Momentum From Obama - Jesse Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times
- The Final Hagiography of the Obama Team - Andrew Ferguson, The Weekly Standard
- Had Media Done Its Job, Obama Wouldn't Have Been Elected - Larry Elder, Townhall
- Had Media Done Its Job, Obama Wouldn't Have Been Elected - Larry Elder, Investor's Business Daily
- Dems Respond With Echoes of Obama - Matthew Sheffield, Salon
- Trump Hasn't Destroyed Obama's Legacy, But Proved Its Import - Jon Chait, NY Mag
- Democrats Just Got Rolled. They Can Blame Obama. - Marc Thiessen, Washington Post
- How Trump Will Reverse Obama's Failed Foreign Policy - Mike Gonzalez, Nat'l Interest
- Under the New Trump Standard, Why Wasn't Obama Impeached? - Larry Elder, IBD
- Obama Is in His Element on Letterman's New Netflix Series - Ian Crouch, New Yorker
- Goodbye, Boring Candidates -- Hello, Boring Hysteria - Heather Wilhelm, Nat'l Review
- Trump Is Making Obama Great Again - Astead W. Herndon, Boston Globe
- When Will Obama & Supporters Cry 'Uncle?' - Wayne Allyn Root, Las Vegas Review-Journal
- Trump Can Learn From Obama's Appalling Errors on Iran - Washington Examiner
- Liberal Humiliation: Trump vs. Obama on Iran - Roger Simon, PJ Media
- The Prince and the Community Organizer - George Neumayr, The American Spectator
- Did Obama Go Wobbly on Hezbollah? - Peter Brookes, Boston Herald
- The Jerusalem Conflict Is All Obama's Fault - Alan Dershowitz, Washington Examiner
- Obama's Alternative Facts on the Iran Nuclear Deal - Eli Lake, Bloomberg
- Now, This Is Presidential Obstruction - Jonathan Tobin, New York Post
- A Collusion Bombshell, But Not on Target - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
- How Obama Destroyed Black Wealth - Matt Bruenig & Ryan Cooper, Jacobin
- The Strange, New-Age Obama Reunion - Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
- A Post-Obama Democratic Party in Search of Itself - Robert Draper, NY Times Magazine
- Gold Star Mom: I Felt Disrespected by Obama - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
- We Still Need the Hopey-Changey Stuff - Yascha Mounk, Slate