For practically 90 years, the Gallup presidential approval polls measured Americans’ public opinion on the president’s job performance, however now, they are a factor of the previous.
In February, Gallup, the analytics and polling firm that pioneered presidential approval rankings, confirmed they have been ending the apply, which, for the reason that Nineteen Thirties, had requested Americans: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way [the current president] is handling his job as president?”
The firm cited a “shift in corporate strategy” because the driving drive behind the choice, The New York Times reported. Instead, Gallup will “focus more on issues and policy polling.”
In Gallup’s most up-to-date ballot, carried out in early December 2025, 36% of respondents mentioned they accepted of Trump’s efficiency, down from 47% in early 2025 after he took workplace for the second time.
In the ballot, 59% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency, barely down from 60% in late November 2025.
While the Gallup polls might now not be carried out, different polling corporations proceed to launch approval-rating polls.
The American Research Group, a New Hampshire-based pollster, requested the very same query as Gallup and located that 30% of respondents accepted of Trump’s job efficiency in mid-June, whereas 66% disapproved. It additionally discovered that 70% of respondents disapproved of the president’s dealing with of the economic system, a defining concern throughout the 2024 election.
A bigger ballot carried out by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research in mid-June put his approval score at 37%, whereas 62% disapproved.
During his first time period, Trump was the primary president since Gallup started monitoring presidential approval within the Nineteen Thirties to by no means have a job approval rating above 50%.
The American Presidency Project on the University of California, Santa Barbara, compiled the ultimate Gallup rankings for every presidential time period over the previous 70 years — from Harry Truman to Joe Biden — and indicated how standard every chief was after they left the Oval Office.
See how the final 13 US presidents ranked of their end-of-term polling, from the bottom to the best remaining approval rankings.
Richard Nixon
Nixon had the bottom approval rankings by the tip of his presidency, days earlier than he resigned. AP Images
Final approval score: 24%
While Richard Nixon received the 1972 election in a historic landslide, the tip of his presidency was tainted by the Watergate scandal that led him to resign on August 9, 1974, when going through the specter of impeachment and elimination.
Surveyed between August 2 and 5, 1974, after the House Judiciary Committee had handed articles of impeachment in opposition to the president, however earlier than Nixon resigned, 66% of respondents to the Gallup ballot mentioned they disapproved of Nixon’s presidency — the best disapproval price of any president on the record.
Harry S. Truman
Truman acquired the second-lowest approval rankings on the finish of his second time period. Bettmann/Getty Images
Final approval score: 32%
Assuming the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s loss of life, Harry Truman served two phrases that lined the aftermath of World War II and the start of the Cold War, together with the Korean War, which was broadly unpopular and contributed to his low approval score by the tip of his second time period in 1953.
When requested December 11 to 16, 1952, 56% of ballot respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency throughout his time period.
Jimmy Carter
More than half of the ballot respondents in December 1980 mentioned they disapproved of Carter’s presidency. Original Caption
Final approval score: 34%
Jimmy Carter had high approval ratings — and a disapproval score within the single digits — throughout the early days of his time period, however his dealing with of worldwide affairs, such because the Iran hostage disaster in 1979, together with a struggling economic system, in the end made him broadly unpopular by the tip of his time period.
He misplaced the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan and confronted a disapproval score of 55% in polling carried out December 5 to eight, when he was readying to go away the White House.
George W. Bush
By the tip of his time period, Bush had the third-worst disapproval score out of the presidents listed. Getty
Final approval score: 34%
Despite uniting the nation within the wake of the 9/11 assaults, George W. Bush noticed his public approval fade throughout his second time period. His approval score spiked after the 2001 terrorist assaults, the start of the Iraq War in 2003, and the seize of Saddam Hussein.
After his reelection, his reputation started to say no because the Iraq War prolonged. His dealing with of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the onset of the 2008 monetary disaster additionally contributed to his low approval rankings.
From January 9 to 11, 2009, as Bush ready handy over the presidency to Barack Obama, 61% of ballot respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency throughout his second time period.
Donald Trump
Trump’s disapproval score on the finish of his first time period got here second solely to Richard Nixon’s earlier than he resigned. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
Final approval score: 34%
Donald Trump’s first presidency was divisive from the beginning, as he entered the White House with an approval score beneath 50%. He’s the primary president in fashionable historical past to by no means exceed 50% approval on the Gallup polls throughout his total presidency.
While his approval rankings dwindled over the course of his 4 years in workplace, his dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic specifically got here beneath scrutiny forward of his loss within the 2020 election.
His lowest approval score in workplace got here throughout his remaining Gallup ballot, carried out January 4 to fifteen, 2021.
Most of that polling interval occurred instantly after the Capitol revolt on January 6, and Trump confronted a disapproval score of 62%, the second-worst solely after Richard Nixon’s on the time he left workplace.
Joe Biden
Biden’s approval score was 40% by the time he left the White House. Mandel Ngan – Pool/Getty Images
Final approval score: 40%
While Joe Biden noticed approval rankings above 50% throughout his first six months in workplace, rising inflation, unlawful immigration, and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza contributed to a decline in his approval rankings.
His lowest-ranking Gallup ballot, through which 36% of respondents mentioned they accepted of his dealing with of the position, got here in July 2024, a month after his debate performance in opposition to Trump shifted focus towards his age and health for workplace.
As he left workplace, in polls collected January 2 to 16, 2025, Biden acquired a disapproval score of 54%.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson had the second-highest proportion of “no opinion” responses by the tip of his time period. AP Photo
Final approval score: 49%
After assuming the presidency due to John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon B. Johnson received the 1964 election in a historic landslide, however he confronted lowering approval rankings over his dealing with of the Vietnam War.
Low approval rankings, together with a divided get together, led Johnson to withdraw from the 1968 presidential race.
At the time of his withdrawal, solely 36% of ballot respondents mentioned they accepted of his dealing with of the presidency.
By the time he left the workplace, nonetheless, his approval score had risen to 49%. In polling carried out January 1 to six, 1969, 37% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the position, and 14% mentioned that they had no opinion, one of many larger percentages among the many listed presidents.
Gerald Ford
Ford had the best proportion of “no opinion” responses within the Gallup polls. AP Photo
Final approval score: 53%
Assuming the presidency upon Nixon’s resignation, Gerald Ford served as US president from August 1974 till January 1977, after dropping the election to Jimmy Carter.
During his presidency, Ford confronted blended evaluations, along with his approval dropping after he pardoned Nixon and launched conditional amnesty for draft dodgers in September 1974.
Polled December 10 to 13, 1976, after he had misplaced the reelection to Jimmy Carter, 32% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of Ford’s dealing with of the presidency, and 15% mentioned that they had no opinion on it, the best proportion of the listed presidents.
George H. W. Bush
Though he misplaced his reelection bid, Bush had a excessive approval score by the tip of his presidency. AP
Final approval score: 56%
Though the elder Bush misplaced his reelection bid within the 1992 presidential election in opposition to Bill Clinton, the general public opinion of him was usually optimistic by the tip of his time period.
In the weeks earlier than his 1992 nomination because the Republican presidential candidate, nonetheless, George H. W. Bush had solely a 29% approval score, the bottom of his presidency. A recession and a reversal of his tax coverage contributed to his drop in reputation.
In polling carried out January 8 to 11, 1993, 37% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency, whereas 56% mentioned they accepted.
Barack Obama
At his lowest approval score, Obama had 37%, which rose to 59% by the time he left the Oval Office. Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images
Final approval score: 59%
Since the start of his presidency in 2009, Barack Obama had a excessive approval score for a modern-day president; he averaged practically 47% approval over eight years.
At his lowest level, in polling carried out September 8 to 11, 2011, 37% of ballot respondents mentioned they accepted of his presidency, a decline almost definitely influenced by the president’s healthcare policies and his dealing with of the 2008 economic crisis and the following rise in unemployment charges.
In polls carried out January 17 to 19, 2017, when Obama was leaving workplace, 37% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the position, with 59% saying they accepted.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Of the presidents listed, Eisenhower had the bottom disapproval rankings when he left the White House. Fox Photos/Getty Images
Final approval score: 59%
After profitable the 1952 election in a landslide, Dwight D. Eisenhower noticed excessive approval rankings all through his presidency, by no means dropping beneath the disapproval score.
Holding workplace throughout the vital Cold War years, Eisenhower noticed his approval stay optimistic via the tip of his second time period, with solely 28% of respondents polled December 8 to 13, 1960, saying they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency, the bottom among the many presidents listed.
Ronald Reagan
Reagan loved excessive approval rankings throughout his presidency, resulting in the election of George H. W. Bush as his successor. Arnie Sachs/CNP/Getty Images
Final approval score: 63%
Ronald Reagan’s robust management towards ending the Cold War and implementing his economic policies contributed to constantly optimistic rankings throughout his presidency and the following election of his vice chairman, George H. W. Bush, as his successor to the presidency.
By the time he left workplace, 29% of respondents in a Gallup ballot carried out December 27 to 29, 1988, mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency.
Bill Clinton
Clinton had the best approval rankings when he left workplace, regardless of his impeachment within the House. Pool/Getty Images
Final approval score: 66%
After profitable the 1992 elections in opposition to the incumbent George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton noticed excessive approval rankings all through his presidency, although he confronted blended opinions at occasions throughout his first time period due to his home agenda, together with tax policy and social points.
Despite being impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives over his testimony describing the character of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, Clinton continued to see optimistic approval rankings all through his second time period.
By the time he left the White House, he had an approval score of 66%, the best of all of the presidents on this record.
In the ballot carried out January 10 to 14, 2001, solely 29% of respondents mentioned they disapproved of his dealing with of the presidency.
