ºÚÁÏÍø Daily: Obama Job Approval
Each result is based on a three-day rolling average.
ºÚÁÏÍø tracked daily the percentage of Americans who approved or disapproved of the job Barack Obama was doing as president. Daily results were based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.
Explore President Obama's approval ratings in depth and compare them with those of other presidents in the ºÚÁÏÍø Presidential Job Approval Center.
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Forty-seven percent of Americans say President Obama will be regarded as an outstanding or above-average president, while 35% say below-average or poor.
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President Barack Obama finished ahead of President-elect Donald Trump in ºÚÁÏÍø's 2016 most admired man poll, 22% to 15%. Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman.
Jimmy Carter averaged 45.5% job approval as president, essentially tied with Harry Truman as the second-lowest among post-World War II presidents.
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