Gallup Approval Ratings graphs from FDR to Trump

[Dennis Donovan]

Found these on Wikipedia this am - thought they were interesting enough to share.

The top of the yellow field is approval, the bottom of it is disapproval.

Franklin Roosevelt


Harry S Truman


Dwight Eisenhower


John F Kennedy


Lyndon Johnson


Richard Nixon


Gerald Ford


Jimmy Carter


Ronald Reagan


George H W Bush


Bill Clinton


George W Bush


Barack Obama


Donald Trump

[Arkansas Granny]

1. He has basically flatlined.

[PatSeg]

3. Okay, that's what it looks like

Couldn't put my finger on it!

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Every graph shows all POTUS enjoyed over 50% approval over periods of time

...but not Trump.

[Celerity]

8. unfortunately not, he is up 10 points since October, to his all-time high

FEBRUARY 4, 2020
Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%

https://news.gallup.com/poll/284156/trump-job-approval-personal-best.aspx

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Approval among Republicans hits 94%
Poll shows highest party polarization on record
Half of registered voters say Trump deserves to be re-elected
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump's job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017.



The new poll finds 50% of Americans disapproving of Trump, leaving just 1% expressing no opinion. The average percentage not having an opinion on Trump has been 5% throughout his presidency.

Trump's approval rating has risen because of higher ratings among both Republicans and independents. His 94% approval rating among Republicans is up six percentage points from early January and is three points higher than his previous best among his fellow partisans. The 42% approval rating among independents is up five points, and ties three other polls as his best among that group. Democratic approval is 7%, down slightly from 10%.

[PatSeg]

2. Very interesting

[bronxiteforever]

5. Kick and recommend. Thank you for posting this.

Really interesting from a historical aspect and the present Orange Nero graphs. He could literally shoot someone on 5th ave and lose no supporters. Yet he never will gain any supporters. The flatline says a lot about the GOP today as well.

[whopis01]

6. Does that tell us more about Trump or more about the people?

What jumps out to me is that no one (or very few at least) is changing their mind. What they thought at the start of his term is what they think now - whether they love him or hate him.

[Arthur_Frain]

7. Help me out here.

I’m not sure I understand what you meant about the top of the yellow being approval and the bottom of the yellow being disapproval. If that were so at one point in the first graph I note a 92% approval and 82% disapproval rating at the same time, which isn’t poss, so I am obviously missing something.

What I find interesting is: Why does the yellow span shrink so dramatically after H.W. Bush? You’ve got a pretty uniform space during all the time before, maybe shrinking a little, but by the time you get to Clinton, the yellow is a small, disappearing strip.

I also note that since Clinton, nobody gets a honeymoon anymore.

[ooky]

9. That graph says he's not picking up any new support

and he had some very narrow margins < 1% in battleground states. So it would seem we beat him if we GOTV in the battleground states.

We need to get the attention of some traditional non voters in those states.