Highest Presidential Approval Ratings

IN the United States, presidential job approval ratings were introduced by George Gallup in the late 1930s. The Gallup Poll has ranked ten presidents by their highest approval rating. It is interesting and the results may surprise you.

	Ronald Reagan Highest Approval Rating: 71% (Dates of Polls: May 8-11, 1981 and May 16-19, 1986)
	Bill Clinton Highest Approval Rating: 73% (Date of Poll: Dec. 19-20, 1998)
	Jimmy Carter Highest Approval Rating: 74% (Date of Poll: March 18-21, 1977)
	Dwight D. Eisenhower Highest Approval Rating: 77% (Date of Poll: November 2, 1955)
	Lyndon Johnson Highest Approval Rating: 79% (Date of Poll: Feb. 28-March 4, 1964)
	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Highest Approval Rating: 83% (Date of Poll: January 23, 1942)
	John F. Kennedy Highest Approval Rating: 83% (Date of Poll: April 28-May 3, 1961)
	Harry Truman Highest Approval Rating: 87% (Date of Poll: August 22, 1945)
	George H. W. Bush Highest Approval Rating: 89% (Date of Poll: Feb. 28-March 3, 1991)
	George W. Bush Highest Approval Rating: 90% (Date of Poll: Sept. 21-22, 2001)

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