Historical Approval Voting for Presidents

[Brian Langstraat]

Which presidents have been the most approved during each day of their presidency?

This Historical Approval Vote uses graph data from to FiveThirtyEight (https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/) where the amount of polling for presidential approval rating decreases the further back in history to 1945.

1st Term

Day 0001 to Day 0010: Maximum 68.0%: Barack Obama (Initial Data)

Day 0011 to Day 0018: Maximum 71.0%: Gerald Ford (Initial Data)

Day 0019 to Day 0054: Maximum 78.0%: Lyndon B. Johnson (Initial Data)

Day 0055 to Day 0209: Maximum 87.0%: Harry S. Truman (Initial Data)

Day 0210 to Day 0237: Maximum 75.0%: John F. Kennedy

Day 0238 to Day 0409: Maximum 88.4%: George W. Bush (Highest - 9/11)

2nd Year

Day 0410 to Day 0501: Maximum 79.9%: John F. Kennedy

Day 0502 to Day 0521: Maximum 73.2%: George W. Bush

Day 0522 to Day 0537: Maximum 70.9%: John F. Kennedy

Day 0538 to Day 0542: Maximum 69.4%: George W. Bush

Day 0543 to Day 0550: Maximum 69.0%: John F. Kennedy

Day 0551 to Day 0572: Maximum 73.6%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 0573 to Day 0632: Maximum 75.9%: George H.W. Bush

Day 0633 to Day 0642: Maximum 65.8%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 0643 to Day 0677: Maximum 65.1%: Lyndon B. Johnson

Day 0678 to Day 0730: Maximum 76.7%: John F. Kennedy

3rd Year

Day 0731 to Day 0884: Maximum 85.8%: George H.W. Bush

Day 0885 to Day 0897: Maximum 69.8%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 0898 to Day 0927: Maximum 70.7%: George H.W. Bush

Day 0928 to Day 0949: Maximum 76.2%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 0950 to Day 0952: Maximum 71.8%: George H.W. Bush

4th Year

Day 0953 to Day 1367: Maximum 78.0%: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Longest - I LIKE IKE)

Day 1368 to Day 1407: Maximum 69.0%: Harry S. Truman

2nd Term

Day 1408 to Day 1519: Maximum 78.1%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 1520 to Day 1539: Maximum 68.5%: Richard Nixon (Then Watergate)

Day 1540 to Day 1693: Maximum 66.7%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 1694 to Day 1713: Maximum 62.6%: Bill Clinton

Day 1714 to Day 1835: Maximum 59.8%: Ronald Reagan

6th Year

Day 1836 to Day 1938: Maximum 67.9%: Bill Clinton

Day 1939 to Day 1979: Maximum 67.7%: Ronald Reagan

Day 1980 to Day 1999: Maximum 62.7%: Bill Clinton

Day 2000 to Day 2040: Maximum 62.9%: Ronald Reagan

Day 2041 to Day 2060: Maximum 64.2%: Bill Clinton

Day 2061 to Day 2080: Maximum 61.0%: Ronald Reagan

Day 2081 to Day 2101: Maximum 62.7%: Bill Clinton

Day 2102 to Day 2121: Maximum 62.1%: Ronald Reagan

7th Year

Day 2122 to Day 2284: Maximum 67.4%: Bill Clinton

Day 2285 to Day 2367: Maximum 61.8%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 2368 to Day 2387: Maximum 60.9%: Bill Clinton

8th Year

Day 2388 to Day 2733: Maximum 74.7%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 2734 to Day 2754: Maximum 59.4%: Bill Clinton

Day 2755 to Day 2794: Maximum 61.9%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 2795 to Day 2817: Maximum 58.7%: Bill Clinton (Lowest)

Day 2816 to Day 2835: Maximum 64.8%: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Day 2836 to Day 2918: Maximum 66.1%: Bill Clinton (Happy Ending)

Donald Trump and Jimmy Carter are the presidents who do not appear on the list, although Barack Obama and Gerald Ford would not have appeared if Lyndon B. Johnson or Harry S. Truman had earlier data.

Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, and George W. Bush started strong.

Bill Clinton finished strong.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was strong throughout his presidency.