| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 5/9 - 5/21 | -- | 48.3 | 48.0 | +0.3 |
| Gallup | 5/19 - 5/21 | 1500 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 5/19 - 5/21 | 1500 LV | 46 | 53 | -7 |
| FOX News | 5/18 - 5/20 | 1013 RV | 45 | 51 | -6 |
| The Economist/YouGov | 5/18 - 5/20 | 675 RV | 47 | 52 | -5 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 5/16 - 5/19 | RV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 5/17 - 5/18 | 923 A | 53 | 45 | +8 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 5/10 - 5/14 | 1215 A | 45 | 49 | -4 |
| Reason-Rupe/PSRAI | 5/9 - 5/13 | 1003 A | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| Poll | Date | Sample | Approve | Disapprove | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 5/9 - 5/21 | -- | 48.3 | 48.0 | +0.3 |
| Gallup | 5/19 - 5/21 | 1500 A | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 5/19 - 5/21 | 1500 LV | 46 | 53 | -7 |
| FOX News | 5/18 - 5/20 | 1013 RV | 45 | 51 | -6 |
| The Economist/YouGov | 5/18 - 5/20 | 675 RV | 47 | 52 | -5 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 5/16 - 5/19 | RV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 5/17 - 5/18 | 923 A | 53 | 45 | +8 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 5/10 - 5/14 | 1215 A | 45 | 49 | -4 |
| The Economist/YouGov | 5/11 - 5/13 | 661 RV | 47 | 50 | -3 |
| Reason-Rupe/PSRAI | 5/9 - 5/13 | 1003 A | 50 | 43 | +7 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 5/3 - 5/7 | 1589 A | 45 | 47 | -2 |
| The Economist/YouGov | 5/4 - 5/6 | 704 RV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Pew Research | 5/1 - 5/5 | 1504 A | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| Reuters/Ipsos | 4/25 - 5/1 | 943 A | 48 | 49 | -1 |
| The Economist/YouGov | 4/27 - 4/29 | 638 RV | 50 | 48 | +2 |
| Quinnipiac | 4/25 - 4/29 | 1471 RV | 48 | 45 | +3 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 4/24 - 4/28 | 965 A | 47 | 45 | +2 |
| FOX News | 4/20 - 4/22 | 1009 RV | 47 | 45 | +2 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 4/11 - 4/15 | 1004 A | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 4/11 - 4/14 | RV | 47 | 49 | -2 |
| National Journal | 4/5 - 4/9 | 1000 A | 46 | 49 | -3 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 4/5 - 4/8 | 1000 A | 47 | 48 | -1 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 4/5 - 4/7 | 1012 A | 51 | 47 | +4 |
| Quinnipiac | 3/26 - 4/1 | 1711 RV | 49 | 45 | +4 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 3/25 - 3/27 | 1061 RV | 50 | 46 | +4 |
| CBS News | 3/20 - 3/24 | 1181 A | 45 | 46 | -1 |
| FOX News | 3/17 - 3/19 | 1002 RV | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 3/15 - 3/17 | 1021 A | 47 | 50 | -3 |
| Pew Research | 3/13 - 3/17 | 1501 A | 47 | 46 | +1 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 3/9 - 3/12 | 840 LV | 48 | 49 | -1 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 3/7 - 3/10 | RV | 51 | 46 | +5 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 3/4 - 3/7 | 1068 RV | 45 | 48 | -3 |
| Quinnipiac | 2/27 - 3/4 | 1944 RV | 45 | 46 | -1 |
| FOX News | 2/25 - 2/27 | 1010 RV | 46 | 47 | -1 |
| Reason-Rupe/PSRAI | 2/21 - 2/25 | 1002 A | 51 | 43 | +8 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 2/21 - 2/24 | 1000 A | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| Bloomberg | 2/15 - 2/18 | 1003 A | 55 | 40 | +15 |
| USA Today/Pew Research | 2/13 - 2/18 | 1504 A | 51 | 41 | +10 |
| CBS News | 2/6 - 2/10 | 1148 A | 52 | 38 | +14 |
| FOX News | 2/4 - 2/6 | 1010 RV | 49 | 45 | +4 |
| Quinnipiac | 1/30 - 2/4 | 1772 RV | 46 | 45 | +1 |
| Reason-Rupe/PSRAI | 1/17 - 1/21 | 1000 A | 52 | 42 | +10 |
| FOX News | 1/15 - 1/17 | 1008 RV | 47 | 47 | Tie |
| CNN/Time | 1/14 - 1/15 | 814 A | 55 | 43 | +12 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 1/12 - 1/15 | 1000 A | 52 | 44 | +8 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 1/11 - 1/15 | 1110 A | 51 | 41 | +10 |
| Democracy Corps (D) | 1/10 - 1/14 | 852 LV | 53 | 45 | +8 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 1/10 - 1/14 | 1004 A | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 1/10 - 1/13 | RV | 53 | 43 | +10 |
| Pew Research | 1/9 - 1/13 | 1502 A | 52 | 40 | +12 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 12/17 - 12/18 | RV | 50 | 45 | +5 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 12/13 - 12/16 | RV | 55 | 42 | +13 |
| CBS News | 12/12 - 12/16 | 1179 A | 57 | 37 | +20 |
| FOX News | 12/9 - 12/11 | 1012 RV | 48 | 46 | +2 |
| Bloomberg | 12/7 - 12/10 | 1000 A | 53 | 44 | +9 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 12/6 - 12/9 | 1000 A | 53 | 43 | +10 |
| Pew Research | 12/5 - 12/9 | 1503 A | 55 | 39 | +16 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 12/4 - 12/6 | 1091 RV | 50 | 44 | +6 |
| Politico/GWU/Battleground | 12/2 - 12/6 | 1000 LV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 11/29 - 12/3 | 1002 A | 57 | 41 | +16 |
| Quinnipiac | 11/28 - 12/3 | 1949 RV | 53 | 40 | +13 |
| National Journal | 11/25 - 12/1 | 1000 A | 54 | 42 | +12 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 11/16 - 11/18 | RV | 52 | 45 | +7 |
| Politico/GWU/Battleground | 11/4 - 11/5 | 1000 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 11/2 - 11/4 | 918 RV | 51 | 47 | +4 |
| ABC News/Wash Post | 11/1 - 11/4 | 2345 LV | 51 | 48 | +3 |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 11/1 - 11/3 | 1475 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Politico/GWU/Battleground | 10/29 - 11/1 | 1000 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| FOX News | 10/28 - 10/30 | 1128 LV | 50 | 47 | +3 |
| CBS News/NY Times | 10/25 - 10/28 | 898 A | 50 | 42 | +8 |
| NPR | 10/23 - 10/25 | 1000 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| Politico/GWU/Battleground | 10/22 - 10/25 | 1000 LV | 50 | 49 | +1 |
| Associated Press/GfK | 10/19 - 10/23 | 839 LV | 49 | 49 | Tie |
| NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl | 10/17 - 10/20 | 1000 RV | 49 | 48 | +1 |
| CBS News | 10/17 - 10/20 | 1383 A | 49 | 42 | +7 |
| Politico/GWU/Battleground | 10/15 - 10/18 | 1000 LV | 49 | 48 | +1 |
- Big Government: The Dream and the Reality - Rich Lowry, New York Post
- Obama's "Idiot" Defense - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
- Obama Led Astray by His Friends in the Media - Clark Whelton, City Jrnl
- Too Bad Benghazi Wasn't a Tornado - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
- How Obama Talks to Black America - Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
- Why Public Isn't Turning Against Obama - Jill Lawrence, National Journal
- Obama Can Still Build a Second-Term Legacy - Joseph Nye, CNN
- Obama's Scandals and the Left's Crisis of Authority - James Taranto, WSJ
- Obama's Not Nixon, He's Harding - John Dean, Bloomberg
- Obama's Pre-Election Coverup - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
- Obama's "Idiot" Defense - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
- Obama Agenda to Get Stuck in Mud Over Benghazi, IRS - Susan Page, USAT
- What Happened to Obama's Promise? - Julian Zelizer, CNN
- The Second-Term Scandal Plague - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
- Scandals Are An Indictment of Liberalism - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
- Richard Milhous Obama - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
- How Obama Can Rescue His Presidency - Albert Hunt, Bloomberg
- Obama Must Act Like a True Leader - The Observer
- Pin the Fail on the Donkey - John Podhoretz, New York Post
- This Is Not the President Obama We Voted For - Heather Long, Guardian
- Disengaged Obama Adds to Aura of Scandal - David Rohde, The Atlantic
- The False Nixon Equivalence - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
- The End of 'Hope and Change' - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times
- Obama Admits He's a Socialist - Kyle Smith, New York Post
- A Tough Week, But Obama's Agenda Isn't Dead - Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast
- Nixon Was Far Worse Than Obama - Matthew Dallek, Washington Post
- Obama Seeks Path Forward Beyond Troubles - Landler & Shear, NY Times
- Obama's Goals on Thin Ice - Scott Rasmussen, Boston Herald
- The Ghastly Politicization of Governance - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- The Week Obama's Luck Finally Vanished - Matt Continetti, DC Free Beacon
- A President Tries to Regain His Footing - Mark Landler, New York Times
- Why Obama's Scandals Will Keep Burning - John Podhoretz, New York Post
- Obama Goes on the Offensive - Jill Lawrence, National Journal
- Scandals Doom Obama's Effort to Restore Faith in Govt - Scott Rasmussen
- What Did Obama Know & When Did He Know It? - Rick Moran, PJ Media
- The Ultimate Ad Hominem President - Peter Wehner, Commentary
- Obama's Tapped-Out Trust - George Will, Washington Post
- Should Obama 'Go Bulworth'? - Joan Walsh, Salon
- Obama's Bizarre 'Bulworth' Fantasy - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
- Fight the Power - Mona Charen, Washington Examiner
- White House Struggles for Its Footing - Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
- Republicans' Gleeful Scandal Lust - Charles Blow, New York Times
- "Reject These Voices," or Else - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
- The White House's Growing Cloud of Trouble - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
- President Obama's Dangerous New Narrative - Burns & Harris, Politico
- What's a Person Got To Do To Get Fired Around Here? - Charles Hurt, WT
- Scandals Expose the Truth About Obama - John Kass, Chicago Tribune
- Obama's 2nd Term Clouded by Controversies - Dan Balz, Washington Post
- Washington Turns on Obama - Mike Allen & Jim Vandehei, Politico
- Will Republicans Overplay the Obama Scandals? - Peter Weber, The Week
- Obama Slow Walking Into Scandal Swamp - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
- Obama Tries to Regain Control - Julie Pace, Associated Press
- Arrogance, Cover-Ups and Blame-Shifting - Harry Stein, City Journal
- Will Obama's Scandals Save Entitlements? - Greg Sargent, Wash Post
- Media Wake to Own Shame - Michael Graham, Boston Herald
- Obama's Second-Term Blues Set In - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
- President Obama's Chicago Style IRS - Grover Norquist, The Daily Caller
- Obama More Outraged at GOP Than IRS - George Condon, National Journal
- Obama's One-Sided "Reset" With Russia - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
- Did Obama Lose Jon Stewart? - Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon
- Dam Is Leaking, But Hasn't Broken Yet - Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
- President Obama Lied to the Country - Kirsten Powers, FOX News
- Obama's Bogus "Act of Terror" Claim About Benghazi - Glenn Kessler, WP
- The Obama Synthesis Under Siege - Ross Douthat, New York Times
- Obama's Second-Term Curse? Not So Fast - Howard Kurtz, CNN
- The Problems Pile Up for Obama - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
- The GOP's Scandal Playbook Is So '90s - Joan Walsh, Salon
- Instead of "Forward," It's Backward - to 1972 - Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald
- Obama's Government Microtargets Americans - Ben Smith, BuzzFeed
- Can Dems Rebuild Obama's Winning Coalition? - Chris Cillizza, Wash Post
- Republicans Can't Work with This President - John Dickerson, Slate
- With Pritzker, Obama Pays Off Rich Backers - Lloyd Green, Daily Beast
- Obama Has No Magic "Leadership" Wand - Robert Schlesinger, U.S. News
- Obama Pays Off His Rich Backers - Lloyd Green, The Daily Beast
- Why Benghazi Is All About Obama - Byron York, Washington Examiner
- President Obama's Biggest Deficit Is Trust - Investor's Business Daily
- Obama's Pink Line on Syria - Charles Krauthammer, National Review
- Obama Renews Focus on Jobs, Economic Growth - Jeff Mason, Reuters
- A Coverup Laid Bare - Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
- Obama's Coalition May Only Grow Stronger - Nate Cohn, The New Republic
- President Obama's False Hopes for 2014 - George Will, Washington Post
- Graduates, Your Ambition Is the Problem - Roger Pilon, Wall Street Journal
- Obama's Narrow Vision of Civil Society - Jonah Goldberg, NRO
- It's a Fact: America Worse Off Under Obama - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
- By the Way, Hillary Is No Barack - Jonah Goldberg, USA Today
- Obama's Wake-Up Call - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
- Obama and the State of Black America - Gary Younge, The Guardian
- Obama's Gitmo Woes - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
- Obama's 'Red Line' Bluff Gets Called - New York Post
- Guantanamo Is Obama's Disgrace Now - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
- Mr. Obama, Don't Draw That Line - Daniel Byman, New York Times
- Boston and the Second Wave of Terrorism - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
- Governing Is Not a 'Game' - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
- Why Obama Can't Just Twist Arms - John Dickerson, Slate
- It Isn't Obama's Malaise, It's GOP Intransigence - Bob Shrum, Daily Beast
- Will Obama Listen to Pritzker? - Chicago Tribune
- Obama Fills Out 2nd Term Cabinet - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
- Obama's Not a Lame Duck, He's Just Lame - Peggy Noonan, Wall St. Journal
- Barack Obama: The Fall - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
- Will Obama Ever Stop Apologizing for America? - Nile Gardiner, Telegraph
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