Approval in February of 1st term:
In-out In party
President All Dem Rep Ind party vs. ind.
Obama 68 90 37 67 53 23
Bush 55 37 86 54 49 32
Clinton 63 86 40 59 46 27
Bush 76 64 90 74 26 16
Reagan 68 56 89 71 33 18
Carter 71 79 58 69 21 10
Nixon 60 52 76 57 24 19
Kennedy 72 86 49 69 37 17
Eisenhower 68 61 84 66 23 18
ABC/Post polls since Reagan, Gallup previously
February 24, 2009