Presidential Job Approval
Explore Gallup's research.
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Incumbents' approval ratings usually rise among their party's supporters in reelection years. Among independents, the historical pattern is mixed.
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President Joe Biden and Congress continue to earn relatively low job approval ratings from the public.
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Joe Biden's 38.7% average job approval rating during his 13th quarter in office is essentially unchanged from the previous quarter and is the lowest for any president's 13th quarter historically.
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Biden's job approval rating is 40%, while ratings of his handling of the economy, foreign affairs and the Middle East situation are below his overall approval.
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Biden's overall job rating has slipped to 38%, and his ratings on immigration, the Israel-Hamas situation, foreign affairs and the economy are even lower.
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Biden averaged 39.8% job approval during his third year in office, the second-lowest third-year average for recent presidents.
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Biden enters 2024 with a persistently low job approval rating of 39%, the worst of any modern-day president seeking reelection at the same point.
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Joe Biden's approval rating remains at its record low, with worse ratings for his handling of foreign affairs, the economy and the Middle East situation.
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Democrats' less positive appraisal of Biden's presidency has sent his overall job approval rating down to 37%, tied for his lowest to date.
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Americans' job approval ratings of Congress and President Joe Biden are generally stable at low levels.
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Joe Biden's job approval rating is a fairly steady 42%. Ratings of his handling of the Ukraine situation and race relations are slightly higher than his overall rating.
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President Joe Biden's job approval rating during his 10th quarter in office averaged 40.7%, the lowest of recent presidents except Jimmy Carter.
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Americans' 90% retrospective job approval of Kennedy is much higher than that of eight other recent presidents, including Trump's 46%.
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President Joe Biden's job approval rating has risen four points to 43%, his highest since last August, while a steady 20% of Americans approve of Congress.