Presidential Approval Ratings -- Bill Clinton

Line graph: Approval ratings of President Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 trend. High 73% (1999); low 37% (1993); last reading (2001): 66%.

Bill Clinton Job Approval Rating Summary

	% Approve

1993-2001 term average	55
First-term average	50
Second-term average	61
High point	73 (Dec 19-20, 1998)
Low point	37 (Jun 5-6, 1993)
Gallup

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

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
	%	%	%
2001
2001 Jan 10-14	66	29	5
2001 Jan 5-7	65	31	4
2000
2000 Dec 15-17	66	32	2
2000 Dec 2-4	60	35	5
2000 Nov 13-15	63	33	4
2000 Oct 25-28	57	38	5
2000 Oct 6-9	58	37	5
2000 Sep 11-13	60	34	6
2000 Aug 29-Sep 3	62	35	3
2000 Aug 18-19	62	35	3
2000 Aug 11-12	58	39	3
2000 Aug 4-5	57	40	3
2000 Jul 25-26	57	39	4
2000 Jul 14-15	59	37	4
2000 Jul 6-9	59	36	5
2000 Jun 22-25	55	40	5
2000 Jun 6-7	60	36	4
2000 May 18-21	57	37	6
2000 May 5-7	57	36	7
2000 Apr 28-30	59	39	2
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2	62	34	4
2000 Mar 17-19	56	39	5
2000 Mar 10-12	63	34	3
2000 Feb 25-27	57	39	4
2000 Feb 14-15	62	34	4
2000 Feb 4-6	63	33	4
2000 Jan 25-26	64	32	4
2000 Jan 17-20	62	35	3
2000 Jan 13-16	59	37	4
2000 Jan 7-10	63	35	2
1999
1999 Dec 20-21	57	36	7
1999 Dec 9-12	56	41	3
1999 Nov 18-21	59	36	5
1999 Nov 4-7	58	38	4
1999 Oct 21-24	59	36	5
1999 Oct 8-10	56	39	5
1999 Sep 23-26	59	38	3
1999 Sep 10-14	60	38	2
1999 Aug 24-26	60	35	5
1999 Aug 16-18	59	36	5
1999 Aug 3-4	60	35	5
1999 Jul 22-25	64	31	5
1999 Jul 16-18	58	38	4
1999 Jul 13-14	59	37	4
1999 Jun 25-27	57	41	2
1999 Jun 11-13	60	37	3
1999 Jun 4-5	60	35	5
1999 May 23-24	53	42	5
1999 May 7-9	60	35	5
1999 Apr 30-May 2	60	36	4
1999 Apr 26-27	60	35	5
1999 Apr 13-14	60	36	4
1999 Apr 6-7	59	35	6
1999 Mar 30-31	64	32	4
1999 Mar 19-21	64	33	3
1999 Mar 12-14	62	35	3
1999 Mar 5-7	68	28	4
1999 Feb 26-28	66	31	3
1999 Feb 19-21	66	30	4
1999 Feb 12-13	68	30	2
1999 Feb 4-8	65	33	2
1999 Jan 22-24	69	29	2
1999 Jan 15-17	69	29	2
1999 Jan 8-10	67	30	3
1998
1998 Dec 19-20	73	25	2
1998 Dec 15-16	63	33	4
1998 Dec 12-13	64	34	2
1998 Dec 4-6	66	30	4
1998 Nov 20-22	66	30	4
1998 Nov 13-15	66	31	3
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	66	30	4
1998 Oct 23-25	65	32	3
1998 Oct 9-12	65	32	3
1998 Oct 6-7	63	34	3
1998 Sep 23-24	66	31	3
1998 Sep 14-15	63	35	2
1998 Sep 11-12	63	34	3
1998 Aug 21-23	62	35	3
1998 Aug 10-12	65	30	5
1998 Aug 7-8	64	32	4
1998 Jul 13-14	63	31	6
1998 Jul 7-8	61	34	5
1998 Jun 22-23	60	34	6
1998 Jun 5-7	60	34	6
1998 May 8-10	64	31	5
1998 Apr 17-19	63	31	6
1998 Mar 20-22	66	28	6
1998 Mar 6-9	63	31	6
1998 Feb 20-22	66	29	5
1998 Feb 13-15	66	30	4
1998 Jan 30-Feb 1	69	28	3
1998 Jan 25-26	59	37	4
1998 Jan 24-25	60	35	5
1998 Jan 23-24	58	36	6
1998 Jan 16-18	60	30	10
1998 Jan 6-7	59	32	9
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	56	36	8
1997 Nov 21-23	61	30	9
1997 Nov 6-9	59	31	10
1997 Oct 27-29	59	32	9
1997 Oct 3-5	55	36	9
1997 Sep 25-28	58	33	9
1997 Sep 6-7	61	28	11
1997 Aug 22-25	60	34	6
1997 Aug 12-13	61	32	7
1997 Jul 25-27	58	34	8
1997 Jun 26-29	55	36	9
1997 May 30-Jun 1	57	35	8
1997 May 6-7	57	35	8
1997 Apr 18-20	54	37	9
1997 Mar 24-26	59	35	6
1997 Feb 24-26	57	33	10
1997 Jan 30-Feb 2	60	31	9
1997 Jan 10-13	62	31	7
1997 Jan 3-5	58	35	7
1996
1996 Dec 9-11	58	34	8
1996 Nov 21-24	58	35	7
1996 Oct 26-29	54	36	10
1996 Oct 2-3	57	36	7
1996 Oct 1-2	58	34	8
1996 Sep 7-9	60	31	9
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1	60	33	7
1996 Aug 23-25	53	39	8
1996 Aug 16-18	52	39	9
1996 Aug 5-7	57	36	7
1996 Jul 25-28	58	35	7
1996 Jul 18-21	57	35	8
1996 Jun 27-30	52	42	6
1996 Jun 18-19	58	37	5
1996 May 28-29	53	38	9
1996 May 9-12	55	39	6
1996 Apr 25-28	56	37	7
1996 Apr 9-10	54	40	6
1996 Mar 15-17	52	39	9
1996 Mar 8-10	54	37	9
1996 Feb 23-25	53	40	7
1996 Jan 26-29	52	42	6
1996 Jan 12-15	46	47	7
1996 Jan 5-7	42	49	9
1995
1995 Dec 15-18	51	44	5
1995 Nov 17-18	53	38	9
1995 Nov 6-8	52	41	7
1995 Oct 19-22	49	40	11
1995 Oct 5-7	46	42	12
1995 Sep 22-24	48	44	8
1995 Sep 14-17	44	44	12
1995 Aug 28-30	46	43	11
1995 Aug 11-14	46	44	10
1995 Aug 4-7	46	42	12
1995 Jul 20-23	46	44	10
1995 Jul 7-9	48	42	10
1995 Jun 5-6	47	42	11
1995 May 11-14	51	42	7
1995 Apr 21-24	51	39	10
1995 Apr 17-19	46	45	9
1995 Apr 5-6	47	45	8
1995 Mar 27-29	44	47	9
1995 Mar 17-19	46	45	9
1995 Feb 24-26	42	48	10
1995 Feb 3-5	49	44	7
1995 Jan 16-18	47	45	8
1994
1994 Dec 28-30	40	52	8
1994 Dec 16-18	42	53	5
1994 Dec 2-5	42	50	8
1994 Nov 28-29	43	49	8
1994 Nov 2-6	46	46	8
1994 Oct 22-25	48	46	6
1994 Oct 18-19	41	52	7
1994 Oct 7-9	42	52	6
1994 Sep 23-25	44	51	5
1994 Sep 16-18	42	50	8
1994 Sep 6-7	39	54	7
1994 Aug 15-16	39	52	9
1994 Aug 8-9	43	48	9
1994 Jul 15-17	42	49	9
1994 Jul 1-3	43	48	9
1994 Jun 25-28	44	47	9
1994 Jun 11-12	49	44	7
1994 Jun 3-6	46	47	7
1994 May 20-22	51	42	7
1994 Apr 22-24	48	44	8
1994 Apr 16-18	51	41	8
1994 Mar 28-30	51	42	7
1994 Mar 25-27	52	41	7
1994 Mar 11-13	50	41	9
1994 Mar 7-8	50	42	8
1994 Feb 26-28	53	41	6
1994 Jan 28-30	58	35	7
1994 Jan 15-17	54	38	8
1994 Jan 6-8	54	38	8
1993
1993 Dec 17-19	54	40	6
1993 Dec 4-6	52	38	10
1993 Nov 19-21	48	43	9
1993 Nov 15-16	50	43	7
1993 Nov 2-4	48	45	7
1993 Oct 28-30	48	45	7
1993 Oct 13-18	47	44	9
1993 Oct 8-10	50	42	8
1993 Sep 24-26	56	36	8
1993 Sep 13-15	46	43	11
1993 Sep 10-12	47	42	11
1993 Aug 23-25	44	47	9
1993 Aug 8-10	44	48	8
1993 Jul 19-21	41	49	10
1993 Jul 9-11	45	48	7
1993 Jun 29-30	46	47	7
1993 Jun 18-21	39	50	11
1993 Jun 5-6	37	49	14
1993 May 21-23	44	46	10
1993 May 10-12	45	44	11
1993 Apr 22-24	55	37	8
1993 Mar 29-31	52	37	11
1993 Mar 12-14	53	34	13
1993 Feb 26-28	59	29	12
1993 Feb 12-14	51	34	15
1993 Jan 29-31	54	30	16
1993 Jan 24-26	58	20	22
Gallup

Bill Clinton Presidential Job Approval, by Political Party

	Republicans	Independents	Democrats
	%	%	%
2001
2001 Jan 10-14	39	66	93
2001 Jan 5-7	34	67	91
2000
2000 Dec 15-17	33	67	92
2000 Dec 2-4	29	59	87
2000 Nov 13-15	25	70	91
2000 Oct 25-28	23	56	84
2000 Oct 6-9	23	55	91
2000 Sep 11-13	26	58	89
2000 Aug 29-Sep 3	32	60	90
2000 Aug 18-19	27	61	89
2000 Aug 11-12	26	60	88
2000 Aug 4-5	30	54	88
2000 Jul 25-26	29	50	88
2000 Jul 14-15	27	65	85
2000 Jul 6-9	28	59	87
2000 Jun 22-25	25	55	82
2000 Jun 6-7	32	63	83
2000 May 18-21	26	51	91
2000 May 5-7	27	58	83
2000 Apr 28-30	25	62	86
2000 Mar 30-Apr 2	39	56	91
2000 Mar 17-19	25	57	83
2000 Mar 10-12	31	65	89
2000 Feb 25-27	29	55	88
2000 Feb 14-15	32	60	87
2000 Feb 4-6	36	61	89
2000 Jan 25-26	33	64	91
2000 Jan 17-20	34	62	89
2000 Jan 13-16	30	62	85
2000 Jan 7-10	35	63	87
1999
1999 Dec 20-21	29	55	83
1999 Dec 9-12	28	55	83
1999 Nov 18-21	31	61	84
1999 Nov 4-7	28	59	82
1999 Oct 21-24	28	60	83
1999 Oct 8-10	27	55	85
1999 Sep 23-26	32	60	85
1999 Sep 10-14	30	61	86
1999 Aug 24-26	33	60	87
1999 Aug 16-18	26	57	87
1999 Aug 3-4	31	59	89
1999 Jul 22-25	34	57	93
1999 Jul 16-18	26	60	87
1999 Jul 13-14	33	60	84
1999 Jun 25-27	26	53	90
1999 Jun 11-13	32	59	85
1999 Jun 4-5	29	58	86
1999 May 23-24	26	50	82
1999 May 7-9	33	59	85
1999 Apr 30-May 2	25	62	87
1999 Apr 26-27	34	56	85
1999 Apr 13-14	32	57	89
1999 Apr 6-7	27	57	89
1999 Mar 30-31	34	63	88
1999 Mar 19-21	32	64	89
1999 Mar 12-14	32	62	87
1999 Mar 5-7	35	70	94
1999 Feb 26-28	38	64	89
1999 Feb 19-21	34	67	91
1999 Feb 12-13	35	69	91
1999 Feb 4-8	34	63	90
1999 Jan 22-24	36	66	94
1999 Jan 15-17	35	70	94
1999 Jan 8-10	37	66	90
1998
1998 Dec 19-20	41	69	91
1998 Dec 15-16	33	61	88
1998 Dec 12-13	33	65	88
1998 Dec 4-6	39	66	89
1998 Nov 20-22	33	65	91
1998 Nov 13-15	38	65	89
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	35	67	90
1998 Oct 23-25	33	67	93
1998 Oct 9-12	36	67	89
1998 Oct 6-7	32	64	86
1998 Sep 23-24	37	66	88
1998 Sep 14-15	36	66	84
1998 Sep 11-12	35	64	85
1998 Aug 21-23	32	60	89
1998 Aug 10-12	45	62	85
1998 Aug 7-8	43	60	86
1998 Jul 13-14	32	61	92
1998 Jul 7-8	26	64	88
1998 Jun 22-23	31	62	84
1998 Jun 5-7	32	58	88
1998 May 8-10	37	65	86
1998 Apr 17-19	40	63	89
1998 Mar 20-22	39	65	91
1998 Mar 6-9	37	60	89
1998 Feb 20-22	40	63	88
1998 Feb 13-15	40	67	90
1998 Jan 30-Feb 1	40	68	92
1998 Jan 25-26	33	51	90
1998 Jan 24-25	31	55	87
1998 Jan 23-24	30	55	86
1998 Jan 16-18	32	55	84
1998 Jan 6-7	32	60	85
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	31	52	83
1997 Nov 21-23	34	57	85
1997 Nov 6-9	34	59	81
1997 Oct 27-29	31	49	84
1997 Oct 3-5	31	50	81
1997 Sep 25-28	29	57	86
1997 Sep 6-7	35	58	82
1997 Aug 22-25	31	56	84
1997 Aug 12-13	37	58	82
1997 Jul 25-27	27	57	86
1997 Jun 26-29	23	48	87
1997 May 30-Jun 1	29	54	82
1997 May 6-7	28	54	84
1997 Apr 18-20	26	52	82
1997 Mar 24-26	35	51	86
1997 Feb 24-26	29	54	85
1997 Jan 30-Feb 2	27	63	84
1997 Jan 10-13	31	57	89
1997 Jan 3-5	32	55	85
1996
1996 Dec 9-11	26	51	91
1996 Nov 21-24	20	58	87
1996 Oct 26-29	19	46	86
1996 Oct 2-3	26	55	86
1996 Oct 1-2	24	55	86
1996 Sep 7-9	23	59	91
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1	27	58	87
1996 Aug 23-25	18	49	85
1996 Aug 16-18	19	49	85
1996 Aug 5-7	26	52	86
1996 Jul 25-28	25	57	88
1996 Jul 18-21	29	56	84
1996 Jun 27-30	26	50	76
1996 Jun 18-19	23	55	88
1996 May 28-29	21	52	87
1996 May 9-12	25	46	85
1996 Apr 25-28	24	56	84
1996 Apr 9-10	21	50	86
1996 Mar 15-17	23	55	79
1996 Mar 8-10	21	54	83
1996 Feb 23-25	17	60	81
1996 Jan 26-29	24	49	83
1996 Jan 12-15	15	43	82
1996 Jan 5-7	17	39	72
1995
1995 Dec 15-18	18	51	81
1995 Nov 17-18	22	52	78
1995 Nov 6-8	28	46	78
1995 Oct 19-22	22	48	77
1995 Oct 5-7	18	42	79
1995 Sep 22-24	22	44	74
1995 Sep 14-17	21	41	78
1995 Aug 28-30	17	47	74
1995 Aug 11-14	22	41	75
1995 Aug 4-7	23	43	76
1995 Jul 20-23	23	47	77
1995 Jul 7-9	21	45	75
1995 Jun 5-6	21	52	78
1995 May 11-14	20	56	77
1995 Apr 21-24	16	42	77
1995 Apr 17-19	18	47	76
1995 Apr 5-6	18	43	73
1995 Mar 27-29	17	47	79
1995 Mar 17-19	21	39	72
1995 Feb 24-26	21	50	78
1995 Feb 3-5	22	44	74
1995 Jan 16-18	19	41	66
1994
1994 Dec 28-30	16	44	75
1994 Dec 16-18	16	41	71
1994 Dec 2-5	21	48	72
1994 Nov 28-29	16	44	74
1994 Nov 2-6	14	44	75
1994 Oct 22-25	17	46	75
1994 Oct 18-19	12	40	68
1994 Oct 7-9	16	43	69
1994 Sep 23-25	17	46	70
1994 Sep 16-18	13	44	72
1994 Sep 6-7	14	37	66
1994 Aug 15-16	13	37	69
1994 Aug 8-9	17	41	69
1994 Jul 15-17	15	41	73
1994 Jul 1-3	18	38	67
1994 Jun 25-28	22	36	70
1994 Jun 11-12	23	47	72
1994 Jun 3-6	17	42	74
1994 May 20-22	26	49	75
1994 Apr 22-24	24	43	74
1994 Apr 16-18	26	51	74
1994 Mar 28-30	26	49	76
1994 Mar 25-27	25	49	80
1994 Mar 11-13	19	50	75
1994 Mar 7-8	22	45	81
1994 Feb 26-28	28	55	77
1994 Jan 28-30	29	58	80
1994 Jan 15-17	25	50	79
1994 Jan 6-8	28	55	78
1993
1993 Dec 17-19	29	49	79
1993 Dec 4-6	24	53	76
1993 Nov 19-21	23	44	78
1993 Nov 15-16	23	47	77
1993 Nov 2-4	19	42	74
1993 Oct 28-30	21	45	74
1993 Oct 13-18	21	42	77
1993 Oct 8-10	26	49	73
1993 Sep 24-26	29	52	81
1993 Sep 13-15	21	45	71
1993 Sep 10-12	16	43	75
1993 Aug 23-25	20	42	70
1993 Aug 8-10	14	37	73
1993 Jul 19-21	22	34	67
1993 Jul 9-11	19	41	77
1993 Jun 29-30	23	39	74
1993 Jun 18-21	15	31	65
1993 Jun 5-6	18	28	63
1993 May 21-23	20	39	69
1993 May 10-12	22	42	71
1993 Apr 22-24	25	53	82
1993 Mar 29-31	23	47	80
1993 Mar 12-14	27	49	80
1993 Feb 26-28	33	55	84
1993 Feb 12-14	24	49	74
1993 Jan 29-31	29	51	73
1993 Jan 24-26	33	54	79
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