July 3, 2009
Barack Obama’s recent job approval ratings have hovered around 60%. Since they remain above the historical average of 55% approval, he is arguably still in the honeymoon phase of his presidency. Recent presidents have averaged just seven months ...
June 23, 2009
Americans’ approval of the job Congress is doing has slipped to 33% this month, down from the recent high of 39% in March, but still significantly higher than job approval ratings of Congress over the last several years.
May 11, 2009
Congressional job approval is 37% this May, not statistically different from readings of March and April, but well above the average congressional job approval rating of 19% recorded for all of 2008.
March 13, 2009
For the seventh straight year, most Americans -- now 65% -- believe the United Nations is doing a “poor job” of addressing the problems it has before it. Only 26% say it is doing a “good job.” Despite this, most still want the organization to ...
March 11, 2009
Congress’ job approval rating increased again this month to 39% -- its highest in four years -- due largely to higher ratings from Democrats.
March 2, 2009
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are enjoying similarly improved job approval ratings compared to last December. Republicans’ rating is now at 36%, while Democrats’ rating is at 47%.
February 17, 2009
Though Americans continue to give Congress fairly low job approval ratings, the current 31% who approve of Congress is up sharply from last month and is the highest Gallup has measured in nearly two years.
February 5, 2009
Americans overall are not highly critical of the media’s coverage of President Obama, with nearly half (48%) saying it has been “about right.” However, a sizable minority (38%) -- including two-thirds of Republicans -- think the media have not ...
January 6, 2009
Returning and newly elected members of the U.S. Congress have their work cut out for them as they gather in the nation’s capital Tuesday to open the 111th Congress; only 19% of the American public approved of the way Congress handled its job on ...
November 21, 2008
One year after the United States initially proposed missile defense shields in Poland and the Czech Republic, Gallup found American leadership enjoying relatively high approval ratings in those countries compared to the European median.
