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Presidential Approval Ratings -- Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Presidential Job Approval

Bill Clinton's Job Approval Ratings Trend

Bill Clinton's 1993-2001 Term Average:

55%

Bill Clinton's First-Term Average:

50%

Bill Clinton's Second-Term Average:

61%

Bill Clinton's High Point:

73%

(Dec 19-20, 1998)

Bill Clinton's Low Point:

37%

( Jun 5-6, 1993)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job as president?

Approve

Disapprove

No opinion

%

%

%

2001

01 Jan 10-14

66

29

5

01 Jan 5-7

65

31

4

2000

00 Dec 15-17

66

32

2

00 Dec 2-4

60

35

5

00 Nov 13-15

63

33

4

00 Oct 25-28

57

38

5

00 Oct 6-9

58

37

5

00 Sep 11-13

60

34

6

00 Aug 29-Sep 3

62

35

3

00 Aug 18-19

62

35

3

00 Aug 11-12

58

39

3

00 Aug 4-5

57

40

3

00 Jul 25-26

57

39

4

00 Jul 14-15

59

37

4

00 Jul 6-9

59

36

5

00 Jun 22-25

55

40

5

00 Jun 6-7

60

36

4

00 May 18-21

57

37

6

00 May 5-7

57

36

7

00 Apr 28-30

59

39

2

00 Mar 30-Apr 2

62

34

4

00 Mar 17-19

56

39

5

00 Mar 10-12

63

34

3

00 Feb 25-27

57

39

4

00 Feb 14-15

62

34

4

00 Feb 4-6

63

33

4

00 Jan 25-26

64

32

4

00 Jan 17-20

62

35

3

00 Jan 13-16

59

37

4

00 Jan 7-10

63

35

2

1999

99 Dec 20-21

57

36

7

99 Dec 9-12

56

41

3

99 Nov 18-21

59

36

5

99 Nov 4-7

58

38

4

99 Oct 21-24

59

36

5

99 Oct 8-10

56

39

5

99 Sep 23-26

59

38

3

99 Sep 10-14

60

38

2

99 August 24-26

60

35

5

99 Aug 16-18

59

36

5

99 Aug 3-4

60

35

5

99 Jul 22-25

64

31

5

99 Jul 16-18

58

38

4

99 Jul 13-14

59

37

4

99 Jun 25-27

57

41

2

99 Jun 11-13

60

37

3

99 Jun 4-5

60

35

5

99 May 23-24

53

42

5

99 May 7-9

60

35

5

99 Apr 30-May 2

60

36

4

99 Apr 26-27

60

35

5

99 Apr 13-14

60

36

4

99 Apr 6-7

59

35

6

99 Mar 30-31

64

32

4

99 Mar 19-21

64

33

3

99 Mar 12-14

62

35

3

99 Mar 5-7

68

28

4

99 Feb 26-28

66

31

3

99 Feb 19-21

66

30

4

99 Feb 12-13

68

30

2

99 Feb 4-8

65

33

2

99 Jan 22-24

69

29

2

99 Jan 15-17

69

29

2

99 Jan 8-10

67

30

3

1998

98 Dec 19-20

73

25

2

98 Dec 15-16

63

33

4

98 Dec 12-13

64

34

2

98 Dec 4-6

66

30

4

98 Nov 20-22

66

30

4

98 Nov 13-15

66

31

3

98 Oct 29-Nov 1

66

30

4

98 Oct 23-25

65

32

3

98 Oct 9-12

65

32

3

98 Oct 6-7

63

34

3

98 Sep 23-24

66

31

3

98 Sep 14-15

63

35

2

98 Sep 11-12

63

34

3

98 Aug 21-23

62

35

3

98 Aug 10-12

65

30

5

98 Aug 7-8

64

32

4

98 Jul 13-14

63

31

6

98 Jul 7-8

61

34

5

98 Jun 22-23

60

34

6

98 Jun 5-7

60

34

6

98 May 8-10

64

31

5

98 Apr 17-19

63

31

6

98 Mar 20-22

66

28

6

98 Mar 6-9

63

31

6

98 Feb 20-22

66

29

5

98 Feb 13-15

66

30

4

98 Jan 30-Feb 1

69

28

3

98 Jan 25-26

59

37

4

98 Jan 24-25

60

35

5

98 Jan 23-24

58

36

6

98 Jan 16-18

60

30

10

98 Jan 6-7

59

32

9

1997

97 Dec 18-21

56

36

8

97 Nov 21-23

61

30

9

97 Nov 6-9

59

31

10

97 Oct 27-29

59

32

9

97 Oct 3-5

55

36

9

97 Sep 25-28

58

33

9

97 Sep 6-7

61

28

11

97 Aug 22-25

60

34

6

97 Aug 12-13

61

32

7

97 Jul 25-27

58

34

8

97 Jun 26-29

55

36

9

97 May 30-Jun 1

57

35

8

97 May 6-7

57

35

8

97 Apr 18-20

54

37

9

97 Mar 24-26

59

35

6

97 Feb 24-26

57

33

10

97 Jan 30-Feb 2

60

31

9

97 Jan 10-13

62

31

7

97 Jan 3-5

58

35

7

1996

96 Dec 9-11

58

34

8

96 Nov 21-24

58

35

7

96 Oct 26-29

54

36

10

96 Oct 2-3

57

36

7

96 Oct 1-2

58

34

8

96 Sep 7-9

60

31

9

96 Aug 30-Sep 1

60

33

7

96 Aug 23-25

53

39

8

96 Aug 16-18

52

39

9

96 Aug 5-7

57

36

7

96 Jul 25-28

58

35

7

96 Jul 18-21

57

35

8

96 Jun 27-30

52

42

6

96 Jun 18-19

58

37

5

96 May 28-29

53

38

9

96 May 9-12

55

39

6

96 Apr 25-28

56

37

7

96 Apr 9-10

54

40

6

96 Mar 15-17

52

39

9

96 Mar 8-10

54

37

9

96 Feb 23-25

53

40

7

96 Jan 26-29

52

42

6

96 Jan 12-15

46

47

7

96 Jan 5-7

42

49

9

1995

95 Dec 15-18

51

44

5

95 Nov 17-18

53

38

9

95 Nov 6-8

52

41

7

95 Oct 19-22

49

40

11

95 Oct 5-7

46

42

12

95 Sep 22-24

48

44

8

95 Sep 14-17

44

44

12

95 Aug 28-30

46

43

11

95 Aug 11-14

46

44

10

95 Aug 4-7

46

42

12

95 Jul 20-23

46

44

10

95 Jul 7-9

48

42

10

95 Jun 5-6

47

42

11

95 May 11-14

51

42

7

95 Apr 21-24

51

39

10

95 Apr 17-19

46

45

9

95 Apr 5-6

47

45

8

95 Mar 27-29

44

47

9

95 Mar 17-19

46

45

9

95 Feb 24-26

42

48

10

95 Feb 3-5

49

44

7

95 Jan 16-18

47

45

8

1994

94 Dec 28-30

40

52

8

94 Dec 16-18

42

53

5

94 Dec 2-5

42

50

8

94 Nov 28-29

43

49

8

94 Nov 2-6

46

46

8

94 Oct 22-25

48

46

6

94 Oct 18-19

41

52

7

94 Oct 7-9

42

52

6

94 Sep 23-25

44

51

5

94 Sep 16-18

42

50

8

94 Sep 6-7

39

54

7

94 Aug 15-16

39

52

9

94 Aug 8-9

43

48

9

94 Jul 15-17

42

49

9

94 Jul 1-3

43

48

9

94 Jun 25-28

44

47

9

94 Jun 11-12

49

44

7

94 Jun 3-6

46

47

7

94 May 20-22

51

42

7

94 Apr 22-24

48

44

8

94 Apr 16-18

51

41

8

94 Mar 28-30

51

42

7

94 Mar 25-27

52

41

7

94 Mar 11-13

50

41

9

94 Mar 7-8

50

42

8

94 Feb 26-28

53

41

6

94 Jan 28-30

58

35

7

94 Jan 15-17

54

38

8

94 Jan 6-8

54

38

8

1993

93 Dec 17-19

54

40

6

93 Dec 4-6

52

38

10

93 Nov 19-21

48

43

9

93 Nov 15-16

50

43

7

93 Nov 2-4

48

45

7

93 Oct 28-30

48

45

7

93 Oct 13-18

47

44

9

93 Oct 8-10

50

42

8

93 Sep 24-26

56

36

8

93 Sep 13-15

46

43

11

93 Sep 10-12

47

42

11

93 Aug 23-25

44

47

9

93 Aug 8-10

44

48

8

93 Jul 19-21

41

49

10

93 Jul 9-11

45

48

7

93 Jun 29-30

46

47

7

93 Jun 18-21

39

50

11

93 Jun 5-6

37

49

14

93 May 21-23

44

46

10

93 May 10-12

45

44

11

93 Apr 22-24

55

37

8

93 Mar 29-31

52

37

11

93 Mar 12-14

53

34

13

93 Feb 26-28

59

29

12

93 Feb 12-14

51

34

15

93 Jan 29-31

54

30

16

93 Jan 24-26

58

20

22

Bill Clinton Approval by Party Affiliation

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(percentage who approve)

Republicans

Independents

Democrats

%

%

%

2001

01 Jan 10-14

39

66

93

01 Jan 5-7

34

67

91

2000

00 Dec 15-17

33

67

92

00 Dec 2-4

29

59

87

00 Nov 13-15

25

70

91

00 Oct 25-28

23

56

84

00 Oct 6-9

23

55

91

00 Sep 11-13

26

58

89

00 Aug 29-Sep 3

32

60

90

00 Aug 18-19

27

61

89

00 Aug 11-12

26

60

88

00 Aug 4-5

30

54

88

00 Jul 25-26

29

50

88

00 Jul 14-16

27

65

85

00 Jul 6-9

28

59

87

00 Jun 22-25

25

55

82

00 Jun 6-7

32

63

83

00 May 18-21

26

51

91

00 May 5-7

27

58

83

00 Apr 28-30

25

62

86

00 Mar 30-Apr 2

39

56

91

00 Mar 17-19

25

57

83

00 Mar 10-12

31

65

89

00 Feb 25-27

29

55

88

00 Feb 14-15

32

60

87

00 Feb 4-6

36

61

89

00 Jan 25-26

33

64

91

00 Jan 17-20

34

62

89

00 Jan 13-16

30

62

85

00 Jan 7-10

35

63

87

1999

99 Dec 20-21

29

55

83

99 Dec 9-12

28

55

83

99 Nov 18-21

31

61

84

99 Nov 4-7

28

59

82

99 Oct 21-24

28

60

83

99 Oct 8-10

27

55

85

99 Sep 23-26

32

60

85

99 Sep 10-14

30

61

86

99 August 24-26

33

60

87

99 Aug 16-18

26

57

87

99 Aug 3-4

31

59

89

99 Jul 22-25

34

57

93

99 Jul 16-18

26

60

87

99 Jul 13-14

33

60

84

99 Jun 25-27

26

53

90

99 Jun 11-13

32

59

85

99 Jun 4-5

29

58

86

99 May 23-24

26

50

82

99 May 7-9

33

59

85

99 Apr 30-May 2

25

62

87

99 Apr 26-27

34

56

85

99 Apr 13-14

32

57

89

99 Apr 6-7

27

57

89

99 Mar 30-31

34

63

88

99 Mar 19-21

32

64

89

99 Mar 12-14

32

62

87

99 Mar 5-7

35

70

94

99 Feb 26-28

38

64

89

99 Feb 19-21

34

67

91

99 Feb 12-13

35

69

91

99 Feb 4-8

34

63

90

99 Jan 22-24

36

66

94

99 Jan 15-17

35

70

94

99 Jan 8-10

37

66

90

1998

98 Dec 19-20

41

69

91

98 Dec 15-16

33

61

88

98 Dec 12-13

33

65

88

98 Dec 4-6

39

66

89

98 Nov 20-22

33

65

91

98 Nov 13-15

38

65

89

98 Oct 29-Nov 1

35

67

90

98 Oct 23-25

33

67

93

98 Oct 9-12

36

67

89

98 Oct 6-7

32

64

86

98 Sep 23-24

37

66

88

98 Sep 14-15

36

66

84

98 Sep 11-12

35

64

85

98 Aug 21-23

32

60

89

98 Aug 10-12

45

62

85

98 Aug 7-8

43

60

86

98 Jul 13-14

32

61

92

98 Jul 7-8

26

64

88

98 Jun 22-23

31

62

84

98 Jun 5-7

32

58

88

98 May 8-10

37

65

86

98 Apr 17-19

40

63

89

98 Mar 20-22

39

65

91

98 Mar 6-9

37

60

89

98 Feb 20-22

40

63

88

98 Feb 13-15

40

67

90

98 Jan 30-Feb 1

40

68

92

98 Jan 25-26

33

51

90

98 Jan 24-25

31

55

87

98 Jan 23-24

30

55

86

98 Jan 16-18

32

55

84

98 Jan 6-7

32

60

85

1997

97 Dec 18-21

31

52

83

97 Nov 21-23

34

57

85

97 Nov 6-9

34

59

81

97 Oct 27-29

31

49

84

97 Oct 3-5

31

50

81

97 Sep 25-28

29

57

86

97 Sep 6-7

35

58

82

97 Aug 22-25

31

56

84

97 Aug 12-13

37

58

82

97 Jul 25-27

27

57

86

97 Jun 26-29

23

48

87

97 May 30-Jun 1

29

54

82

97 May 6-7

28

54

84

97 Apr 18-20

26

52

82

97 Mar 24-26

35

51

86

97 Feb 24-26

29

54

85

97 Jan 30-Feb 2

27

63

84

97 Jan 10-13

31

57

89

97 Jan 3-5

32

55

85

1996

96 Dec 9-11

26

51

91

96 Nov 21-24

20

58

87

96 Oct 26-29

19

46

86

96 Oct 2-3

26

55

86

96 Oct 1-2

24

55

86

96 Sep 7-9

23

59

91

96 Aug 30-Sep 1

27

58

87

96 Aug 23-25

18

49

85

96 Aug 16-18

19

49

85

96 Aug 5-7

26

52

86

96 Jul 25-28

25

57

88

96 Jul 18-21

29

56

84

96 Jun 27-30

26

50

76

96 Jun 18-19

23

55

88

96 May 28-29

21

52

87

96 May 9-12

25

46

85

96 Apr 25-28

24

56

84

96 Apr 9-10

21

50

86

96 Mar 15-17

23

55

79

96 Mar 8-10

21

54

83

96 Feb 23-25

17

60

81

96 Jan 26-29

24

49

83

96 Jan 12-15

15

43

82

96 Jan 5-7

17

39

72

1995

95 Dec 15-18

18

51

81

95 Nov 17-18

22

52

78

95 Nov 6-8

28

46

78

95 Oct 19-22

22

48

77

95 Oct 5-7

18

42

79

95 Sep 22-24

22

44

74

95 Sep 14-17

21

41

78

95 Aug 28-30

17

47

74

95 Aug 11-14

22

41

75

95 Aug 4-7

23

43

76

95 Jul 20-23

23

47

77

95 Jul 7-9

21

45

75

95 Jun 5-6

21

52

78

95 May 11-14

20

56

77

95 Apr 21-24

16

42

77

95 Apr 17-19

18

47

76

95 Apr 5-6

18

43

73

95 Mar 27-29

17

47

79

95 Mar 17-19

21

39

72

95 Feb 24-26

21

50

78

95 Feb 3-5

22

44

74

95 Jan 16-18

19

41

66

1994

94 Dec 28-30

16

44

75

94 Dec 16-18

16

41

71

94 Dec 2-5

21

48

72

94 Nov 28-29

16

44

74

94 Nov 2-6

14

44

75

94 Oct 22-25

17

46

75

94 Oct 18-19

12

40

68

94 Oct 7-9

16

43

69

94 Sep 23-25

17

46

70

94 Sep 16-18

13

44

72

94 Sep 6-7

14

37

66

94 Aug 15-16

13

37

69

94 Aug 8-9

17

41

69

94 Jul 15-17

15

41

73

94 Jul 1-3

18

38

67

94 Jun 25-28

22

36

70

94 Jun 11-12

23

47

72

94 Jun 3-6

17

42

74

94 May 20-22

26

49

75

94 Apr 22-24

24

43

74

94 Apr 16-18

26

51

74

94 Mar 28-30

26

49

76

94 Mar 25-27

25

49

80

94 Mar 11-13

19

50

75

94 Mar 7-8

22

45

81

94 Feb 26-28

28

55

77

94 Jan 28-30

29

58

80

94 Jan 15-17

25

50

79

94 Jan 6-8

28

55

78

1993

93 Dec 17-19

29

49

79

93 Dec 4-6

24

53

76

93 Nov 19-21

23

44

78

93 Nov 15-16

23

47

77

93 Nov 2-4

19

42

74

93 Oct 28-30

21

45

74

93 Oct 13-18

21

42

77

93 Oct 8-10

26

49

73

93 Sep 24-26

29

52

81

93 Sep 13-15

21

45

71

93 Sep 10-12

16

43

75

93 Aug 23-25

20

42

70

93 Aug 8-10

14

37

73

93 Jul 19-21

22

34

67

93 Jul 9-11

19

41

77

93 Jun 29-30

23

39

74

93 Jun 18-21

15

31

65

93 Jun 5-6

18

28

63

93 May 21-23

20

39

69

93 May 10-12

22

42

71

93 Apr 22-24

25

53

82

93 Mar 29-31

23

47

80

93 Mar 12-14

27

49

80

93 Feb 26-28

33

55

84

93 Feb 12-14

24

49

74

93 Jan 29-31

29

51

73

93 Jan 24-26

33

54

79

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