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08.23.06

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.

10
Ronald Reagan
Highest Approval Rating: 71%
(Dates of Polls: May 8-11, 1981 and May 16-19, 1986)
9
Bill Clinton
Highest Approval Rating: 73%
(Date of Poll: Dec. 19-20, 1998)
8
Jimmy Carter
Highest Approval Rating: 74%
(Date of Poll: March 18-21, 1977)
7
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Highest Approval Rating: 77%
(Date of Poll: November 2, 1955)
6
Lyndon Johnson
Highest Approval Rating: 79%
(Date of Poll: Feb. 28-March 4, 1964)
5
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Highest Approval Rating: 83%
(Date of Poll: January 23, 1942)
4
John F. Kennedy
Highest Approval Rating: 83%
(Date of Poll: April 28-May 3, 1961)
3
Harry Truman
Highest Approval Rating: 87%
(Date of Poll: August 22, 1945)
2
George H. W. Bush
Highest Approval Rating: 89%
(Date of Poll: Feb. 28-March 3, 1991)
1
George W. Bush
Highest Approval Rating: 90%
(Date of Poll: Sept. 21-22, 2001)

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Posted by Michael McKinney at 12:05 AM
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