claim: obama's approval numbers 'are in the low 40s.'
author: matthew dowd
evidence_1: mar 20, 2017 ... president donald trump's approval rating hits a new low, according to a poll. ( nicholas kamm/afp/getty images). trump's predecessor, barack obama,  generally polled approval in the low 50s, but his disapproval ratings were in the  mid-40s throughout march 2016, according to gallup. nancy pelosi ...
evidence_2: jan 17, 2017 ... it's a huge contrast from just eight years ago, when pre-inauguration cnn/orc  and abc news/washington post polls pegged obama's approval rating at 84  percent and 80 percent, respectively. trump responded to the poor numbers in a  twitter post tuesday morning, spuriously suggesting the news ...
evidence_3: aug 5, 2014 ... the frustration carries over to the nation's political leaders, with president barack  obama's overall approval rating hitting a new low at 40 percent, and a .... the  good news for republicans, according to gop pollster mcinturff: an incumbent  president in the low 40s and seven-in-10 americans thinking the ...
evidence_4: aug 6, 2016 ... nbc's team of political analysts called it the "most important number" out of the  poll. "why is it important? because it means that obama will be an asset to hillary  clinton on the campaign trail unlike he was in the 2014 midterms, when his  approval rating was in the low 40s," nbc's chuck todd, mark murray, ...
evidence_5: may 24, 2016 ... there are plenty of storylines and new numbers from our latest national nbc/ wsj poll, but here's maybe the most important number of all: 51% -- as in  president obama's approval rating, which is his highest mark in the poll since his  second inauguration. why is it important? because it means that obama ...