Average quarterly presidential approval rating, from Eisenhower to Trump

FIGURE 7.1 Average Quarterly Presidential Approval Ratings, From Eisenhower to Trump \l O 03 O E) Percentage approval 01 O 1953 1957 19611963 1969 19741977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 20092011 2014 2016 2018 2020 Year Sources.- Quarterly data for 1953-2000 provided by Robert S. Erikson; developed for Robert S. Erikson, James A. Stimson, and Michael B. MacKuen, The Macro Polity (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002); data for 2001-2020 calculated by authors from the Gallup Organization. Note.- Respondents were asked, “Do you approve or disapprove of the way [name of the current president] is handling his job as president?”