Presidential Ratings -- Issues Approval

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling -- [ROTATED]?
How about -- ?

A. The economy

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31	55	42	3
2009 Mar 27-29	56	39	5
2009 Feb 9-12	59	30	11

B. Foreign affairs

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31	59	32	8
2009 Mar 27-29	61	28	10
2009 Feb 9-12	54	22	24

C. Terrorism

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31	55	37	8

D. The situation in the Middle East

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31	55	37	8

E. The situation with North Korea

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31	47	33	20

F. The federal budget deficit

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31 ^	46	48	6
2009 Mar 27-29	49	44	6
^ Asked of a half sample

G. Controlling federal spending

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2009 May 29-31 ^	45	51	4
^ Asked of a half sample

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling -- [ROTATED]?
How about -- ?

The economy

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	27	71	3
2007 Aug 13-16	35	61	4
2007 May 4-6	39	58	3
2007 Mar 23-25	41	55	4
2007 Feb 1-4	41	56	3
2007 Jan 12-14	45	51	4
2007 Jan 5-7	45	51	4
2006 Oct 6-8	40	55	5
2006 Aug 18-20	39	57	4
2006 Jul 21-23	39	59	3
2006 Jun 9-11	39	57	4
2006 Apr 28-30	34	64	2
2006 Apr 7-9	39	58	4
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	40	57	3
2006 Feb 6-9	40	56	4
2006 Jan 20-22	39	56	5
2005 Dec 16-18	41	56	3
2005 Dec 9-11	40	58	2
2005 Nov 11-13	37	61	2
2005 Sep 16-18	35	63	2
2005 Sep 8-11	39	58	3
2005 Aug 28-30	38	60	2
2005 Jun 24-26	41	55	4
2005 May 20-22	40	58	2
2005 Apr 29-May 1	43	53	4
2005 Apr 1-2	41	55	4
2005 Feb 25-27	48	49	3
2005 Feb 7-10	45	52	3
2005 Feb 4-6	50	47	3
2005 Jan 7-9	50	48	2
2004 Nov 7-10	47	51	2
2004 Oct 14-16	46	51	3
2004 Sep 24-26	49	48	3
2004 Aug 9-11	46	51	3
2004 Jun 21-23	47	50	3
2004 Jun 3-6	41	58	1
2004 May 7-9	41	56	3
2004 May 2-4	41	56	3
2004 Apr 16-18	46	52	2
2004 Mar 26-28	42	55	3
2004 Feb 9-12	45	52	3
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	43	54	3
2004 Jan 2-5	54	43	3
2003 Dec 5-7	48	49	3
2003 Nov 3-5	47	50	3
2003 Oct 6-8	42	55	3
2003 Sep 8-10	45	53	2
2003 Aug 25-26	45	52	3
2003 Jul 25-27	46	51	3
2003 Jul 18-20	45	51	4
2003 Jul 7-9	48	50	2
2003 Jun 12-15	48	48	4
2003 May 5-7	53	44	3
2003 Apr 14-16	49	45	6
2003 Mar 29-30	49	47	4
2003 Mar 24-25	52	42	6
2003 Mar 14-15	44	52	4
2003 Feb 3-6	44	52	4
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	47	48	5
2003 Jan 23-25	46	49	5
2003 Jan 10-12	48	47	5
2003 Jan 3-5	49	47	4
2002 Dec 9-10	49	47	4
2002 Nov 8-10	55	39	6
2002 Oct 21-22	49	44	7
2002 Jul 26-28	52	43	5
2002 Jul 5-8	58	36	6
2002 Jun 28-30	63	33	4
2002 May 20-22	61	29	10
2002 Apr 5-7	60	33	7
2002 Mar 22-24	65	29	6
2002 Mar 1-3	64	31	5
2002 Feb 4-6	66	30	4
2002 Jan 25-27	64	30	6
2001 Nov 2-4	71	24	5
2001 Oct 5-6	72	23	5
2001 Jul 10-11	54	36	10
2001 May 18-20	51	41	8
2001 Apr 20-22	55	38	7
2001 Mar 9-11	55	32	13
2001 Feb 1-4	53	27	20

Foreign affairs

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	32	62	6
2007 Aug 13-16	29	65	6
2007 May 4-6	35	60	5
2007 Mar 23-25	33	63	4
2007 Feb 1-4	31	65	4
2007 Jan 12-14	36	60	5
2007 Jan 5-7	34	61	4
2006 Aug 18-20	39	55	6
2006 Jul 21-23	38	56	6
2006 Jun 9-11	39	53	8
2006 Apr 28-30	33	62	5
2006 Feb 6-9	39	55	6
2005 Dec 16-18	39	57	4
2005 Dec 9-11	42	53	5
2005 Nov 11-13	37	59	4
2005 Sep 16-18	38	58	4
2005 Aug 28-30	43	52	5
2005 May 20-22	44	51	5
2005 Apr 29-May 1	45	49	6
2005 Feb 25-27	50	46	4
2005 Feb 7-10	45	52	3
2005 Feb 4-6	51	44	5
2005 Jan 7-9	47	49	4
2004 Nov 7-10	47	50	3
2004 Sep 24-26	49	48	3
2004 Aug 9-11	44	51	5
2004 Jun 3-6	44	54	2
2004 May 2-4	42	53	5
2004 Feb 9-12	46	52	2
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	46	51	3
2004 Jan 2-5	58	39	3
2003 Dec 5-7	53	43	4
2003 Nov 3-5	46	50	4
2003 Oct 6-8	49	49	2
2003 Sep 8-10	52	45	3
2003 Aug 25-26	55	42	3
2003 Jul 25-27	54	42	4
2003 Jul 18-20	54	41	5
2003 Jul 7-9	55	42	3
2003 Jun 12-15	58	39	3
2003 May 5-7	68	30	2
2003 Apr 14-16	65	31	4
2003 Mar 29-30	64	31	5
2003 Mar 24-25	65	30	5
2003 Mar 14-15	53	43	4
2003 Feb 3-6	49	46	5
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	57	39	4
2003 Jan 23-25	50	45	5
2003 Jan 10-12	53	42	5
2003 Jan 3-5	60	35	5
2002 Dec 9-10	59	35	6
2002 Nov 8-10	59	36	5
2002 Oct 21-22	58	35	7
2002 Jul 26-28	63	30	7
2002 Jul 5-8	71	25	4
2002 Jun 28-30	66	27	7
2002 May 20-22	70	23	7
2002 Apr 5-7	70	24	6
2002 Mar 22-24	71	22	7
2002 Mar 1-3	78	17	5
2002 Feb 4-6	79	16	5
2002 Jan 25-27	83	14	3
2001 Oct 5-6	81	14	5
2001 Jul 10-11	54	33	13
2001 May 18-20	55	35	10
2001 Apr 20-22	56	31	13
2001 Mar 9-11	52	27	21
2001 Feb 1-4	46	21	33

Terrorism

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	47	49	4
2007 Aug 13-16	45	52	3
2007 May 4-6	47	50	3
2007 Mar 23-25	45	50	5
2007 Feb 1-4	46	52	2
2007 Jan 12-14	46	52	3
2007 Jan 5-7	44	52	4
2006 Oct 6-8	46	49	5
2006 Aug 18-20	55	43	2
2006 Jul 21-23	47	50	3
2006 Jun 9-11	51	44	5
2006 Apr 28-30	48	50	2
2006 Apr 7-9	45	51	4
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	47	49	3
2006 Feb 6-9	54	43	3
2006 Jan 20-22	52	44	3
2005 Dec 9-11	52	46	2
2005 Nov 11-13	48	49	3
2005 Sep 8-11	52	45	3
2005 Aug 28-30	53	44	3
2005 Jun 24-26	55	41	4
2005 May 20-22	55	40	5
2005 Apr 1-2	57	40	3
2005 Feb 25-27	60	37	3
2005 Feb 7-10	55	42	3
2005 Jan 7-9	58	39	3
2004 Nov 7-10	60	37	3
2004 Oct 14-16	57	41	2
2004 Sep 24-26	62	36	2
2004 Aug 9-11	57	40	3
2004 Jun 21-23	54	44	2
2004 Jun 3-6	56	43	1
2004 May 7-9	54	43	3
2004 May 2-4	52	45	3
2004 Apr 16-18	60	39	1
2004 Mar 26-28	58	39	3
2003 Dec 5-7	65	33	2
2003 Sep 8-10	64	34	2
2003 Aug 25-26	66	31	3
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	71	26	3

The situation in Iraq

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	31	66	2
2007 Aug 13-16	27	70	3
2007 May 4-6	30	67	3
2007 Mar 23-25	28	69	3
2007 Feb 1-4	26	72	1
2007 Jan 12-14	28	70	2
2007 Jan 5-7	26	72	2
2006 Oct 6-8	30	66	4
2006 Aug 18-20	36	61	2
2006 Jul 21-23	35	62	3
2006 Jun 9-11	36	60	4
2006 Apr 28-30	32	66	2
2006 Apr 7-9	32	65	2
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	35	64	2
2006 Feb 6-9	38	59	3
2006 Jan 20-22	39	58	3
2005 Dec 16-18	37	61	2
2005 Dec 9-11	39	59	2
2005 Nov 11-13	35	63	2
2005 Sep 16-18	32	67	1
2005 Sep 8-11	40	58	2
2005 Aug 28-30	40	59	1
2005 Jun 24-26	40	58	2
2005 May 20-22	40	56	4
2005 Apr 29-May 1	42	55	3
2005 Apr 1-2	43	54	3
2005 Feb 25-27	45	53	2
2005 Feb 4-6	50	48	2
2005 Jan 7-9	42	56	2
2004 Nov 7-10	47	51	2
2004 Oct 14-16	46	52	2
2004 Sep 24-26	48	49	3
2004 Aug 9-11	45	52	3
2004 Jun 21-23	42	56	2
2004 Jun 3-6	41	57	2
2004 May 7-9	41	58	1
2004 May 2-4	42	55	3
2004 Apr 16-18	48	49	3
2004 Mar 26-28	51	47	2
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	46	53	1
2004 Jan 2-5	61	36	3
2003 Dec 5-7	50	47	3
2003 Nov 3-5	45	54	1
2003 Oct 6-8	47	50	3
2003 Sep 8-10	51	47	2
2003 Aug 25-26	57	41	2
2003 Jul 25-27	60	38	2
2003 Jul 18-20	57	39	4
2003 Jul 7-9	58	39	3
2003 Jun 12-15	63	34	3
2003 Apr 14-16	76	21	3
2003 Mar 29-30	71	27	2
2003 Mar 24-25	71	26	3
2003 Mar 14-15	56	41	3
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	54	42	4
2003 Jan 3-5	55	40	5
2002 Dec 9-10	55	39	6
2002 Oct 21-22	52	40	8

Energy policy

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	26	65	9
2007 Feb 1-4	30	62	7
2006 Aug 18-20	30	60	10
2006 Jun 9-11	30	60	10
2006 Apr 28-30	22	71	7
2006 Apr 7-9	29	61	10
2006 Feb 6-9	30	61	9
2005 Jun 24-26	36	53	11
2005 Apr 29-May 1	34	52	14
2004 Jun 3-6	33	58	9
2003 Aug 25-26	47	44	9
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2 ^	54	34	12
2002 Mar 22-24 ^	57	29	14
2001 Jul 10-11 ^	45	44	11
2001 May 18-20 ^	41	51	8
2001 Apr 20-22 ^	43	45	12

^ WORDING: Energy

Immigration

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	22	69	9
2007 Feb 1-4	25	70	4
2006 Jun 9-11	38	55	7
2006 Apr 28-30	26	64	9
2006 Apr 7-9	29	62	10
2006 Jan 20-22	25	62	13
2005 Dec 9-11 ^	28	64	8
2005 Nov 11-13	26	65	9
2005 Jan 7-9	34	54	12

^ Asked of a half sample

Healthcare policy

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2008 Feb 11-14	25	70	5
2007 Feb 1-4	28	66	5
2006 Apr 7-9	30	63	7
2006 Feb 28-Mar 1	30	63	7
2006 Feb 6-9	27	64	9
2006 Jan 20-22	31	60	10
2005 Aug 28-30	32	60	8
2005 Jun 24-26	34	59	7
2005 Jan 7-9	40	54	6
2004 Nov 7-10	37	57	6
2004 Jan 29-Feb 1	35	57	8
2004 Jan 2-5	43	49	8
2003 Aug 25-26	43	48	9
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	46	44	10
2003 Jan 10-12	41	44	15
2002 Jul 26-28	47	40	13
2002 Mar 22-24	52	37	11

Education

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2007 Aug 13-16	38	53	9
2005 Jan 7-9	52	43	5
2004 Aug 9-11	47	47	6
2004 Jan 2-5	56	35	9
2003 Jan 10-12	57	30	13
2002 Jul 26-28	62	27	11
2002 Mar 22-24	63	26	11
2001 Jul 10-11	63	25	12
2001 Apr 20-22	62	28	10
2001 Mar 9-11	65	22	13

The situation in the Middle East

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2006 Aug 18-20	39	56	5
2006 Jul 21-23	37	56	6
2003 Jun 12-15	60	36	4
2002 Jun 28-30	67	27	6
2002 Apr 29-May 1	72	23	5
2002 Apr 5-7	67	27	6
2002 Mar 22-24	72	23	5

The problems caused by Hurricane Katrina

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2006 Aug 18-20	37	56	7
2006 Jan 20-22	41	53	6
2005 Dec 9-11 ^	41	57	2
2005 Sep 16-18 ^	41	57	2
2005 Sep 8-11 ^	43	54	3

^ WORDING: The response to Hurricane Katrina

Corruption in government

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2006 Jan 20-22	28%	62	10

Controlling illegal immigration

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2005 Dec 9-11 ^	26%	65	9

^ Asked of a half sample

Gas and home heating prices

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2005 Dec 9-11	28%	67	5
2005 Sep 8-11 ^	22%	71	7
2005 Aug 28-30 ^ †	20%	76	4
2005 Apr 29-May 1 ^ †	27%	67	6

^ WORDING: Gas prices
† Asked of half sample

Controlling federal spending

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2005 Nov 11-13	26%	71	3
2003 Dec 5-7	36%	58	6

Social Security

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2005 Jun 24-26	31	64	5
2005 May 20-22	33	59	8
2005 Apr 29-May 1	35	58	7
2005 Apr 1-2	35	57	8
2005 Feb 25-27	35	56	9
2005 Feb 4-6	43	48	9
2005 Jan 7-9	41	52	7
2002 Mar 22-24	47	40	13
2001 Jul 10-11	49	35	16
2001 Mar 9-11	49	31	20

The Terri Schiavo Case

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2005 Apr 1-2	34%	53	13

Taxes

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2005 Jan 7-9	49	47	4
2004 Jan 2-5	57	38	5
2003 Aug 25-26	52	44	4
2003 Mar 29-30	52	41	7
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	52	42	6
2003 Jan 10-12	49	45	6
2002 Mar 22-24	64	29	7
2001 Jul 10-11	60	33	7
2001 Apr 20-22	54	39	7
2001 Mar 9-11	56	35	9

The federal budget deficit

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2005 Jan 7-9	32	63	5
2003 Dec 5-7	32	60	8
2003 Aug 25-26	39	55	6
2003 Mar 29-30	45	45	10
2003 Jan 10-12 ^	43	47	10
2002 Mar 22-24 ^	51	37	12
2001 Apr 20-22 ^	52	37	11

^ WORDING: The federal budget

The environment

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2005 Jan 7-9	49	45	6
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	53	37	10
2002 Mar 22-24	53	36	11
2001 Jul 10-11	46	42	12
2001 Apr 20-22	46	44	10

The conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Sep 24-26	45%	41	14

Relations with other countries

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Sep 24-26	56%	40	4

Prescription drugs for older Americans

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Jun 3-6	33%	58	9
2003 Dec 5-7	40%	47	13
2001 Jul 10-11	52%	28	20

Medicare

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Mar 26-28	35%	55	10
2003 Dec 5-7	39%	49	12
2003 Aug 25-26	40%	48	12
2003 Jan 31-Feb 2	44%	41	15

The situation in Haiti

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Mar 5-7	50%	25	25

Domestic problems here at home

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2003 Jul 25-27	49%	47	4

The situation with North Korea

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2003 Mar 14-15	47%	40	13
2003 Jan 3-5	52%	32	16

Diplomatic efforts in the United Nations regarding Iraq

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2003 Mar 14-15	54%	43	3

National defense

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2003 Jan 10-12	63%	32	5
2002 Mar 22-24	80%	15	5
2001 May 18-20	59%	32	9
2001 Apr 20-22	66%	23	11

Abortion

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2003 Jan 10-12	39%	32	29
2002 Mar 22-24	49%	29	22
2001 Apr 20-22	43%	37	20

U.S. military action abroad to fight terrorism

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2002 Aug 5-8	71	25	4
2002 May 20-22	83	13	4
2002 Apr 5-7	83	13	4
2002 Mar 22-24	86	12	2
2001 Nov 2-4	87	10	3

Efforts to prevent future terrorism in the U.S.

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2002 Mar 22-24	86%	12	2
2001 Nov 2-4	85%	13	2

Campaign finance

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2002 Mar 22-24	48%	33	19
2001 Jul 10-11	37%	40	23
2001 Mar 9-11	38%	36	26

Unemployment

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2002 Mar 22-24	57%	29	14
2001 Apr 20-22	47%	34	19

Nuclear weapons policy

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2002 Mar 22-24	57%	26	17

The response to the recent incidents involving anthrax

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2001 Nov 2-4	75%	17	8

Government support for faith-based organizations

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2001 Jul 10-11	46%	32	22

Patient's bill of rights

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2001 Jul 10-11	51%	28	21

Relations with China

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2001 Apr 20-22	54%	35	11

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