Obama's approval equal to or better than predecessor Bush
ssors George W Bush and Bill Clinton had in mid-March of their first years of their administration, according to a latest Gallup poll.
By PTI |
WASHINGTON: At 61 per cent the approval rating of US President Barack Obama is better than his predecessors George W Bush and Bill Clinton had in mid-March of their first years of their administration, according to a latest Gallup poll.
In a statement, Gallup said yesterday that Obama is holding his own compared to the two Presidents who came before him, despite some decline in his approval rating since his inauguration on January 20.
Gallup's mid-March job approval rating for Bush, measured March 9-11, 2001, was 58 per cent, with 29 per cent disapproval.
Gallup's March 12-14, 1993, approval rating for Clinton was 53 per cent, with 34 per cent disapproval.
Both of these approval ratings are lower than Obama's current 61 per cent. Bush's disapproval rating in mid-March 2001 was about the same as Obama's is now (28 per cent), while Clinton's disapproval rating was significantly higher, it said.
Obama's first Gallup job approval rating, based on a three-day rolling average of interviewing conducted January 21-23, was 68 per cent, with 12 per cent disapproval and 21 per cent with no opinion.
In a statement, Gallup said yesterday that Obama is holding his own compared to the two Presidents who came before him, despite some decline in his approval rating since his inauguration on January 20.
Gallup's mid-March job approval rating for Bush, measured March 9-11, 2001, was 58 per cent, with 29 per cent disapproval.
Gallup's March 12-14, 1993, approval rating for Clinton was 53 per cent, with 34 per cent disapproval.
Both of these approval ratings are lower than Obama's current 61 per cent. Bush's disapproval rating in mid-March 2001 was about the same as Obama's is now (28 per cent), while Clinton's disapproval rating was significantly higher, it said.
Obama's first Gallup job approval rating, based on a three-day rolling average of interviewing conducted January 21-23, was 68 per cent, with 12 per cent disapproval and 21 per cent with no opinion.
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