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Do you approve or disapprove of the way -President name- is handling health care?
Approval of president on health care · Asked in 5 waves, 1996–2020 · 22,500 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Kept and flagged: -9 (other_missing), -8 (dk). Codebook notes: 1996 NOTE: The order of Presidential performance items was randomized.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Approve | Disapprove | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 42% | 58% | 8280 | ±1 | |
| 18–29 | 33% | 67% | 1003 | ±4 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2020 Time Series Study Source variable: V201136. | 2020-08-18 to 2021-01-04 | mixed | 8,280 | 8,280 |
| ANES 2016 Time Series Study Source variable: V161085. | 2016-09-07 to 2017-01-09 | mixed | 4,270 | 4,270 |
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: presapp_health. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,914 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V083032. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,322 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960303. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| 30–44 | 39% | 61% | 2011 | ±3 |
| 45–64 | 47% | 53% | 2676 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 44% | 56% | 2242 | ±3 |
ANES 2020 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ (face-to-face samples: contiguous 48 states and DC; web samples: 50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.