thumb|upright=1.5|Clinton's approval ratings throughout his presidential career (Roper Center) Throughout Clinton's first term, his job approval rating fluctuated in the 40s and 50s. In his second term, his rating consistently ranged from the high-50s to the high-60s. After his impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999, Clinton's rating reached its highest point. According to a CBS News/New York Times poll, Clinton left office with an approval rating of 68 percent, which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era. Clinton's average Gallup poll approval rating for his last quarter in office was 61 percent, the highest final quarter rating any president has received for fifty years. Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters.
thumb|upright=15|Clinton's approval ratings throughout his presidential career (Roper Center) Throughout Clinton's first term his job approval rating fluctuated in the 40s and 50s In his second term his rating consistently ranged from the high-50s to the high-60s After his impeachment proceedings in 1998 and 1999 Clinton's rating reached its highest point According to a CBS News/New York Times poll Clinton left office with an approval rating of 68 percent which matched those of Ronald Reagan and Franklin D Roosevelt as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era Clinton's average Gallup poll approval rating for his last quarter in office was 61 percent the highest final quarter rating any president has received for fifty years Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters