Approval ratings

How Americans rated each president’s handling of the job, from inauguration to the end of the term.

Republican

Trump — Second Term

January 20, 2025 – present

35%latest · Sep 11, 2026

First: 47%
High: 47%
Low: 32%
Average: 37%

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49 polls · Gallup through February 2026, then other national polls of adults (shown on hover)

Democratic

Biden

January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025

40%final reading

First: 57%
High: 57%
Low: 36%
Average: 43%

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49 polls · Gallup

Republican

Trump — First Term

January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021

34%final reading

First: 45%
High: 49%
Low: 34%
Average: 40%

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141 polls · Gallup

Democratic

Obama

January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017

59%final reading

First: 67%
High: 67%
Low: 40%
Average: 48%

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418 polls · Gallup

Republican

Bush

January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009

34%final reading

First: 57%
High: 90%
Low: 25%
Average: 51%

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282 polls · Gallup

Democratic

Clinton

January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001

66%final reading

First: 58%
High: 73%
Low: 37%
Average: 55%

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216 polls · Gallup

Question: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way [the president] is handling his job as President?” Polls of U.S. adults compiled by the American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara. Gallup throughout, until Gallup stopped presidential approval polling in February 2026; later readings come from AP-NORC, CNN/SSRS, Marist, Ipsos, Pew and other national polls, whose results are not strictly comparable with Gallup’s. Each point is plotted at the first day of the poll.