During the 1946 midterm elections, President Truman had the lowest job approval rating at 33 percent. President Clinton had the highest job approval rating at 66 percent during the 1998 midterm election. Before the 2022 midterm elections, Democratic President Joe Biden had an approval rating of 40 percent.
Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022
*Ford took office in August 1974, three months before the midterm elections, after the resignation of Nixon, who had a 24 percent job approval rating at the time of his resignation.
D stands for Democrat and R for Republican.
Data prior to President Donald Trump was found here.
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Gallup. (October 25, 2022). Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/
Gallup. "Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022." Chart. October 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/
Gallup. (2022). Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/
Gallup. "Job Approval Ratings of U.S. Presidents at The Midterm Elections from 1946 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/
Gallup, Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Job approval ratings of U.S. presidents at the midterm elections from 1946 to 2022 [Graph], Gallup, October 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/923792/job-approval-ratings-us-presidents-midterm-elections/
