the president approval rating comes from an opinion poll.
where does the president approval rating come from?
an opinion poll
section::::rankings by highest approval rating.





























it is possible to compare the highest approval ratings achieved by prime ministers in various opinion polls.





























section::::rankings by highest approval rating.:nielsen poll.





























according to the nielsen poll (available since 1972), bob hawke had the highest approval rating in november 1984, with 75%, and the lowest was william mcmahon, with a 34% approval rating.





























highest nielsen poll ratings for each prime minister since 1972:





























bullet::::1. bob hawke – 75% (november 1984)





























bullet::::2. kevin rudd – 74% (march 2009)





























bullet::::3. john howard – 67% (january 2005)





























bullet::::4. gough whitlam – 62% (february 1973)
historical rankings of prime ministers of australia
after his transition period, obama entered office with an approval rating of 82% according to gallup, obama's approval rating fell to 69% after he took office and announced his first policy decisions. obama received the support of 90% of democrats, 60% of independents, and 40% of republicans in january 2009 polls. by december 2009, obama's approval rating had fallen to 51%, with obama receiving approval from roughly 85% of democrats, 45% of independents, and just 18% of republicans. in july 2010, after the passage of the dodd-frank and obamacare, obama's approval rating stood at 45%, with 47% disapproving. obama's approval rating would remain stable until the 2010 elections, when republicans won major gains in both houses of congress and took control of the house. obama's approval ratings climbed back to 50% in january 2011, but fell to 40% in august 2011 following the 2011 debt-ceiling crisis. obama's approval ratings slowly increased during 2012, and they rose above 50% shortly before the 2012 election, in which obama defeated mitt romney. after his re-election, obama's approval ratings reached 57%, but that number fell into the low 40s after the federal government shutdown in october 2013. obama's approval ratings remained in the mid-to-low 40s until the 2014 elections, when republicans won gains in both houses of congress and took control of the senate. in 2015, obama's approval ratings climbed to the mid-to-high 40s, with his approval and disapproval ratings roughly matching each other. his approval ratings rose into the 50s during the 2016 presidential campaign, and obama registered a 57% approval rating in november 2016. in a gallup poll taken in the final week of his presidency, obama registered a 95% approval rating with democrats, a 61% approval rating with independents, and a 14% approval rating with republicans.
presidency of barack obama