Presidential Job Approval in Depth

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George W. Bush's Current Approval Rating	30% (Jun 9-12, 2008)

George W. Bush's 2001-2008 Term Average	51%

George W. Bush's Second Term Average	37%

George W. Bush's High Point:	90% (Sep 21-22, 2001)

George W. Bush's Low Point:	28% (Apr-May 2008)

Average for U.S. Presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt:	55%

Average for Two-Term Presidents 29th Quarter:	51%

Other Re-Elected Presidents in Final June of Second Terms:

Clinton	54% (June 2000)

Reagan	51% (June 1988)

Johnson	41% (June 1968)

Eisenhower	59% (June 1960)

Truman	32% (June 1952)

Three Approaches to Presidential Job Approval
	Single Poll Approval Ratings	Three-Poll Rolling Average Approval Ratings	Smoothed Approval Estimate (Based on Samplemiser program)
	%	%	%
2008 Jun 9-12	30	29	30
2008 May 30-Jun 1	28	28	28
2008 May 8-11	29	28	29
2008 May 1-3	28	28	28
2008 Apr 18-20	28	29	28
2008 Apr 6-9	28	31	28
2008 Mar 14-16	32	32	32
2008 Mar 6-9	32	32	32
2008 Feb 21-24	32	32	32
2008 Feb 11-14	31	33	31
2008 Feb 8-10	33	34	33
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	34	33	34
2008 Jan 10-13	34	33	34
2008 Jan 4-6	32	34	32
2007 Dec 14-16	32	34	32
2007 Dec 6-9	37	34	37
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	34	32	34
2007 Nov 11-14	32	32	32
2007 Nov 2-4	31	32	31
2007 Oct 12-14	32	33	32
2007 Oct 4-7	32	34	32
2007 Sep 14-16	36	34	36
2007 Sep 7-8	33	33	33
2007 Aug 13-16	32	32	32
2007 Aug 3-5	34	31	34
2007 Jul 12-15	31	31	31
2007 Jul 6-8	29	31	29
2007 Jun 11-14	32	32	32
2007 Jun 1-3	32	33	32
2007 May 10-13	33	34	33
2007 May 4-6	34	36	34
2007 Apr 13-15	36	36	36
2007 Apr 2-5	38	36	38
2007 Mar 23-25	34	34	34
2007 Mar 11-14	35	35	35
2007 Mar 2-4	33	34	33
2007 Feb 9-11	37	35	37
2007 Feb 1-4	32	34	32
2007 Jan 15-18	36	36	36
2007 Jan 12-14	34	35	34
2007 Jan 5-7	37	37	37
2006 Dec 11-14	35	35	35
2006 Dec 8-10	38	36	38
2006 Nov 9-12	33	36	33
2006 Nov 2-5	38	37	38
2006 Oct 20-22	37	37	37
2006 Oct 9-12	37	39	37
2006 Oct 6-8	37	40	37
2006 Sep 15-17	44	42	44
2006 Sep 7-10	39	39	39
2006 Aug 18-20	42	40	42
2006 Aug 7-10	37	38	37
2006 Jul 28-30	40	39	40
2006 Jul 21-23	37	38	37
2006 Jul 6-9	40	38	40
2006 Jun 23-25	37	37	37
2006 Jun 9-11	38	36	38
2006 Jun 1-4	36	33	36
2006 May 8-11	33	33	33
2006 May 5-7	31	34	31
2006 Apr 28-30	34	36	34
2006 Apr 10-13	36	37	36
2006 Apr 7-9	37	37	37
2006 Mar 13-16	37	37	37
2006 Mar 10-12	36	38	36
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	38	40	38
2006 Feb 9-12	39	41	39
2006 Feb 6-9	42	43	42
2006 Jan 20-22	43	43	43
2006 Jan 9-12	43	43	43
2006 Jan 6-8	43	42	43
2005 Dec 19-22	43	42	43
2005 Dec 16-18	41	42	41
2005 Dec 9-11	42	41	42
2005 Dec 5-8	43	39	43
2005 Nov 17-20	38	38	38
2005 Nov 11-13	37	39	37
2005 Nov 7-10	40	41	40
2005 Oct 28-30	41	41	41
2005 Oct 24-26	41	41	41
2005 Oct 21-23	42	42	42
2005 Oct 13-16	39	41	39
2005 Sep 26-28	45	43	45
2005 Sep 16-18	40	44	41
2005 Sep 12-15	45	45	45
2005 Sep 8-11	46	44	46
2005 Aug 28-30	45	43	45
2005 Aug 22-25	40	43	40
2005 Aug 8-11	45	45	45
2005 Aug 5-7	45	46	45
2005 Jul 25-28	44	47	45
2005 Jul 22-24	49	48	48
2005 Jul 7-10	49	47	49
2005 Jun 29-30	46	46	46
2005 Jun 24-26	45	46	45
2005 Jun 16-19	47	47	47
2005 Jun 6-8	47	47	47
2005 May 23-26	48	48	48
2005 May 20-22	46	48	46
2005 May 2-5	50	49	50
2005 Apr 29-May 1	48	49	48
2005 Apr 18-21	48	49	48
2005 Apr 4-7	50	48	50
2005 Apr 1-2	48	48	48
2005 Mar 21-23	45	50	46
2005 Mar 18-20	52	52	52
2005 Mar 7-10	52	52	52
2005 Feb 25-27	52	51	52
2005 Feb 21-24	51	52	51
2005 Feb 7-10	49	52	50
2005 Feb 4-6	57	53	57
2005 Jan 14-16	51	52	51
2005 Jan 7-9	52	52	52
2005 Jan 3-5	52		52

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

GEORGE W. BUSH

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008
2008 Jun 9-12	30	64	6
2008 May 30-Jun 1	28	68	4
2008 May 8-11	29	65	6
2008 May 1-3	28	67	5
2008 Apr 18-20	28	69	4
2008 Apr 6-9	28	67	5
2008 Mar 14-16	32	64	4
2008 Mar 6-9	32	64	4
2008 Feb 21-24	32	62	5
2008 Feb 11-14	31	65	4
2008 Feb 8-10	33	61	5
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	34	61	5
2008 Jan 10-13	34	60	6
2008 Jan 4-6	32	64	4
2007
2007 Dec 14-16	32	65	3
2007 Dec 6-9	37	57	5
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	34	62	4
2007 Nov 11-14	32	61	7
2007 Nov 2-4	31	64	5
2007 Oct 12-14	32	64	3
2007 Oct 4-7	32	64	4
2007 Sep 14-16	36	62	2
2007 Sep 7-8	33	62	5
2007 Aug 13-16	32	63	5
2007 Aug 3-5	34	62	4
2007 Jul 12-15	31	63	6
2007 Jul 6-8	29	66	5
2007 Jun 11-14	32	65	3
2007 Jun 1-3	32	62	6
2007 May 10-13	33	62	5
2007 May 4-6	34	63	3
2007 Apr 13-15	36	60	4
2007 Apr 2-5	38	58	4
2007 Mar 23-25	34	62	4
2007 Mar 11-14	35	61	4
2007 Mar 2-4	33	63	4
2007 Feb 9-11	37	59	3
2007 Feb 1-4	32	65	4
2007 Jan 15-18	36	61	3
2007 Jan 12-14	34	63	4
2007 Jan 5-7	37	59	4
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	35	61	4
2006 Dec 8-10	38	59	4
2006 Nov 9-12	33	62	4
2006 Nov 2-5	38	56	6
2006 Oct 20-22	37	58	4
2006 Oct 9-12	37	57	6
2006 Oct 6-8	37	59	4
2006 Sep 15-17	44	51	5
2006 Sep 7-10	39	56	5
2006 Aug 18-20	42	54	4
2006 Aug 7-10	37	59	4
2006 Jul 28-30	40	56	4
2006 Jul 21-23	37	59	4
2006 Jul 6-9	40	55	5
2006 Jun 23-25	37	60	3
2006 Jun 9-11	38	56	6
2006 Jun 1-4	36	57	6
2006 May 8-11	33	61	6
2006 May 5-7	31	65	5
2006 Apr 28-30	34	63	3
2006 Apr 10-13	36	59	5
2006 Apr 7-9	37	60	3
2006 Mar 13-16	37	59	5
2006 Mar 10-12	36	60	4
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	38	60	2
2006 Feb 9-12	39	56	4
2006 Feb 6-9	42	55	4
2006 Jan 20-22	43	54	4
2006 Jan 9-12	43	53	4
2006 Jan 6-8	43	54	3
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	43	53	4
2005 Dec 16-18	41	56	3
2005 Dec 9-11	42	55	3
2005 Dec 5-8	43	52	5
2005 Nov 17-20	38	57	5
2005 Nov 11-13	37	60	3
2005 Nov 7-10	40	55	5
2005 Oct 28-30	41	56	3
2005 Oct 24-26	41	56	3
2005 Oct 21-23	42	55	3
2005 Oct 13-16	39	58	3
2005 Sep 26-28	45	50	5
2005 Sep 16-18	40	58	2
2005 Sep 12-15	45	52	3
2005 Sep 8-11	46	51	3
2005 Aug 28-30	45	52	3
2005 Aug 22-25	40	56	4
2005 Aug 8-11	45	51	4
2005 Aug 5-7	45	51	4
2005 Jul 25-28	44	51	5
2005 Jul 22-24	49	48	3
2005 Jul 7-10	49	48	3
2005 Jun 29-30	46	51	3
2005 Jun 24-26	45	53	2
2005 Jun 16-19	47	51	2
2005 Jun 6-8	47	49	4
2005 May 23-26	48	47	5
2005 May 20-22	46	50	4
2005 May 2-5	50	45	5
2005 Apr 29-May 1	48	49	3
2005 Apr 18-21	48	49	3
2005 Apr 4-7	50	45	5
2005 Apr 1-2	48	48	4
2005 Mar 21-23	45	49	6
2005 Mar 18-20	52	44	4
2005 Mar 7-10	52	44	4
2005 Feb 25-26	52	45	3
2005 Feb 21-24	51	45	4
2005 Feb 7-10	49	48	3
2005 Feb 4-6	57	40	3
2005 Jan 14-16	51	46	3
2005 Jan 7-9	52	44	4
2005 Jan 3-5	52	44	4
2004
2004 Dec 17-19	49	46	5
2004 Dec 5-8	53	44	3
2004 Nov 19-21	55	42	3
2004 Nov 7-10	53	44	3
2004 Oct 29-31	48	47	5
2004 Oct 22-24	51	46	3
2004 Oct 14-16	51	47	2
2004 Oct 11-14	48	49	3
2004 Oct 9-10	47	49	4
2004 Oct 1-3	50	48	2
2004 Sep 24-26	54	44	2
2004 Sep 13-15	52	45	3
2004 Sep 3-5	52	46	2
2004 Aug 23-25	49	47	4
2004 Aug 9-11	51	46	3
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	48	49	3
2004 Jul 19-21	49	47	4
2004 Jul 8-11	47	49	4
2004 Jun 21-23	48	49	3
2004 Jun 3-6	49	49	2
2004 May 21-23	47	49	4
2004 May 7-9	46	51	3
2004 May 2-4	49	48	3
2004 Apr 16-18	52	45	3
2004 Apr 5-8	52	45	3
2004 Mar 26-28	53	44	3
2004 Mar 8-11	50	47	3
2004 Mar 5-7	49	48	3
2004 Feb 16-17	51	46	3
2004 Feb 9-12	51	46	3
2004 Feb 6-8	52	44	4
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	49	48	3
2004 Jan 12-15	53	44	3
2004 Jan 9-11	59	38	3
2004 Jan 2-5	60	35	5
2003
2003 Dec 15-16	63	34	3
2003 Dec 11-14	56	41	3
2003 Dec 5-7	55	43	2
2003 Nov 14-16	50	47	3
2003 Nov 10-12	51	45	4
2003 Nov 3-5	54	43	3
2003 Oct 24-26	53	42	5
2003 Oct 10-12	56	40	4
2003 Oct 6-8	55	42	3
2003 Sep 19-21	50	47	3
2003 Sep 8-10	52	43	5
2003 Aug 25-26	59	37	4
2003 Aug 4-6	60	36	4
2003 Jul 25-27	58	38	4
2003 Jul 18-20	59	38	3
2003 Jul 7-9	62	34	4
2003 Jun 27-29	61	36	3
2003 Jun 12-15	63	33	4
2003 Jun 9-10	62	34	4
2003 May 30-Jun 1	64	32	4
2003 May 19-21	66	30	4
2003 May 5-7	69	28	3
2003 Apr 22-23	70	26	4
2003 Apr 14-16	71	24	5
2003 Apr 7-9	69	26	5
2003 Apr 5-6	70	27	3
2003 Mar 29-30	71	26	3
2003 Mar 24-25	69	27	4
2003 Mar 22-23	71	25	4
2003 Mar 14-15	58	38	4
2003 Mar 3-5	57	37	6
2003 Feb 24-26	57	37	6
2003 Feb 17-19	58	37	5
2003 Feb 7-9	61	34	5
2003 Feb 3-6	59	35	6
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	61	35	4
2003 Jan 23-25	60	36	4
2003 Jan 20-22	58	36	6
2003 Jan 13-16	61	34	5
2003 Jan 10-12	58	37	5
2003 Jan 3-5	63	32	5
2002
2002 Dec 19-22	61	32	7
2002 Dec 16-17	63	33	4
2002 Dec 9-10	63	32	5
2002 Dec 5-8	64	29	7
2002 Nov 22-24	65	28	7
2002 Nov 11-14	66	26	8
2002 Nov 8-10	68	27	5
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	63	29	8
2002 Oct 21-22	67	28	5
2002 Oct 14-17	62	31	7
2002 Oct 3-6	67	28	5
2002 Sep 23-26	68	26	6
2002 Sep 20-22	66	30	4
2002 Sep 13-16	70	26	4
2002 Sep 5-8	66	30	4
2002 Sep 2-4	66	29	5
2002 Aug 19-21	65	28	7
2002 Aug 5-8	68	26	6
2002 Jul 29-31	71	23	6
2002 Jul 26-28	69	26	5
2002 Jul 22-24	69	24	7
2002 Jul 9-11	73	21	6
2002 Jul 5-8	76	18	6
2002 Jun 28-30	76	19	5
2002 Jun 21-23	73	21	6
2002 Jun 17-19	74	20	6
2002 Jun 7-8	74	18	8
2002 Jun 3-6	70	23	7
2002 May 28-29	77	17	6
2002 May 20-22	76	17	7
2002 May 6-9	76	19	5
2002 Apr 29-May 1	77	20	3
2002 Apr 22-24	77	17	6
2002 Apr 8-11	75	20	5
2002 Apr 5-7	76	19	5
2002 Mar 22-24	79	17	4
2002 Mar 18-20	79	16	5
2002 Mar 8-9	80	14	6
2002 Mar 4-7	77	18	5
2002 Mar 1-3	81	14	5
2002 Feb 8-10	82	14	4
2002 Feb 4-6	82	14	4
2002 Jan 25-27	84	13	3
2002 Jan 11-14	83	13	4
2002 Jan 7-9	84	12	4
2001
2001 Dec 14-16	86	11	3
2001 Dec 6-9	86	10	4
2001 Nov 26-27	87	8	5
2001 Nov 8-11	87	9	4
2001 Nov 2-4	87	9	4
2001 Oct 19-21	88	9	3
2001 Oct 11-14	89	8	3
2001 Oct 5-6	87	10	3
2001 Sep 21-22	90	6	4
2001 Sep 14-15	86	10	4
2001 Sep 7-10	51	39	10
2001 Aug 24-26	55	36	9
2001 Aug 16-19	57	34	9
2001 Aug 10-12	57	35	8
2001 Aug 3-5	55	35	10
2001 Jul 19-22	56	33	11
2001 Jul 10-11	57	35	8
2001 Jun 28-Jul 1	52	34	14
2001 Jun 11-17	55	33	12
2001 Jun 8-10	55	35	10
2001 May 18-20	56	36	8
2001 May 10-14	56	31	13
2001 May 7-9	53	33	14
2001 Apr 20-22	62	29	9
2001 Apr 6-8	59	30	11
2001 Mar 26-28	53	29	18
2001 Mar 9-11	58	29	13
2001 Mar 5-7	63	22	15
2001 Feb 19-21	62	21	17
2001 Feb 9-11	57	25	18
2001 Feb 1-4	57	25	18

Bush Approval by Party Affiliation
(percentage who approve)

	Republicans	Independents	Democrats
	%	%	%
2008
2008 Jun 9-12	68	22	5
2008 May 30-Jun 1	63	23	7
2008 May 8-11	66	24	7
2008 May 1-3	60	26	7
2008 Apr 18-20	66	23	7
2008 Apr 6-9	66	24	6
2008 Mar 14-16	71	24	9
2008 Mar 6-9	72	23	9
2008 Feb 21-24	73	27	6
2008 Feb 11-14	73	27	9
2008 Feb 8-10	75	27	7
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	74	27	8
2008 Jan 10-13	72	28	9
2008 Jan 4-6	76	20	7
2007
2007 Dec 14-16	77	23	6
2007 Dec 6-9	78	28	9
2007 Nov 30-Dec 2	71	29	8
2007 Nov 11-14	75	23	8
2007 Nov 2-4	75	26	6
2007 Oct 12-14	70	31	5
2007 Oct 4-7	67	27	7
2007 Sep 14-16	77	29	10
2007 Sep 7-8	79	23	9
2007 Aug 13-16	69	25	6
2007 Aug 3-5	72	28	7
2007 Jul 12-15	65	27	5
2007 Jul 6-8	68	21	7
2007 Jun 11-14	73	24	8
2007 Jun 1-3	70	22	6
2007 May 10-13	73	27	9
2007 May 4-6	74	30	7
2007 Apr 13-15	76	29	9
2007 Apr 2-5	75	34	8
2007 Mar 23-25	73	28	6
2007 Mar 11-14	75	27	5
2007 Mar 2-4	70	28	9
2007 Feb 9-11	76	34	10
2007 Feb 1-4	78	23	7
2007 Jan 15-18	76	29	8
2007 Jan 12-14	71	27	8
2007 Jan 5-7	79	31	7
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	76	29	7
2006 Dec 8-10	80	30	9
2006 Nov 9-12	81	28	7
2006 Nov 2-5	81	31	7
2006 Oct 20-22	85	28	8
2006 Oct 9-12	82	30	7
2006 Oct 6-8	77	31	12
2006 Sep 15-17	86	34	15
2006 Sep 7-10	84	30	9
2006 Aug 18-20	81	36	11
2006 Aug 7-10	81	26	8
2006 Jul 28-30	82	35	9
2006 Jul 21-23	82	27	9
2006 Jul 6-9	78	36	10
2006 Jun 23-25	81	32	10
2006 Jun 9-11	77	27	9
2006 Jun 1-4	78	28	8
2006 May 8-11	70	23	12
2006 May 5-7	68	26	4
2006 Apr 28-30	81	21	6
2006 Apr 10-13	74	26	11
2006 Apr 7-9	78	26	11
2006 Mar 10-12	75	23	13
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	82	27	10
2006 Feb 9-12	79	34	9
2006 Feb 6-9	81	35	8
2006 Jan 20-22	87	29	13
2006 Jan 9-12	86	32	10
2006 Jan 6-8	85	32	9
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	89	31	17
2005 Dec 16-18	86	31	10
2005 Dec 9-11	81	38	10
2005 Dec 5-8	84