Do you approve of the way the president is doing the job?

Approval of the president · Asked in 20 waves, 2006–2025 · 718,077 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

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Neither Approve nor Disapprove0%

Strongly Disapprove48%

Disapprove / Somewhat Disapprove10%

Approve / Somewhat Approve19%

Strongly Approve23%

Shares in 2025

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community

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Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community State

Wave

Strongly ApproveApprove / Somewhat ApproveDisapprove / Somewhat DisapproveStrongly DisapproveNeither Approve nor Disapprove

Group		Strongly Approve	Approve / Somewhat Approve	Disapprove / Somewhat Disapprove

Answers as the source codes them

Strongly ApproveApprove / Somewhat ApproveDisapprove / Somewhat DisapproveStrongly DisapproveNeither Approve nor DisapproveNever Heard / Not Sure (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Cooperative Election Study 2025	2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12	web	17,000	17,000
Cooperative Election Study 2024	2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09	web	60,000	59,998
Cooperative Election Study 2023	2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11	web	24,500	24,498
Cooperative Election Study 2022	2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15	web	60,000	59,962
Cooperative Election Study 2021	2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07	web	25,700	25,694
Cooperative Election Study 2020	2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14	web	61,000	60,968
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019	2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05	web	18,000	17,937
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018	2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05	web	60,000	59,967
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017	2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12	web	18,200	18,198
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016

All respondents	16%	24%	13%	47%	–	59998	±0.7
AK †	14%	26%	8%	52%	–	128	±15
AL	16%	16%	11%	57%	–	901	±6
AR	14%	14%	16%	56%	–	532	±7
AZ	15%	21%	12%	51%	–	1495	±5
CA	19%	30%	15%	36%	–	4900	±2
CO	15%	26%	10%	49%	–	1055	±5
CT	17%	25%	16%	42%	–	594	±6
DC	29%	46%	16%	9%	–	170	±10
DE	18%	34%	12%	36%	–	219	±9
FL	17%	24%	11%	47%	–	4402	±3
GA	18%	23%	11%	49%	–	2055	±4
HI	14%	37%	17%	32%	–	183	±10
IA	11%	25%	10%	54%	–	615	±8
ID	11%	8%	11%	70%	–	313	±11
IL	17%	26%	18%	39%	–	2320	±4
IN	13%	21%	13%	53%	–	1267	±5
KS	12%	17%	16%	55%	–	502	±7
KY	10%	19%	12%	59%	–	887	±5
LA	13%	24%	8%	55%	–	709	±6
MA	18%	34%	15%	33%	–	1119	±5
MD	20%	35%	14%	30%	–	1068	±5
ME	20%	24%	9%	47%	–	287	±7
MI	14%	25%	10%	51%	–	1951	±4
MN	17%	25%	11%	47%	–	1016	±5
MO	13%	21%	11%	54%	–	1323	±5
MS	15%	17%	17%	51%	–	503	±7
MT	11%	23%	14%	52%	–	231	±9
NC	15%	23%	13%	49%	–	1912	±4
ND	8%	25%	12%	55%	–	114	±11
NE	9%	16%	19%	56%	–	353	±9
NH	18%	30%	14%	39%	–	298	±7
NJ	21%	24%	11%	44%	–	1604	±4
NM	21%	20%	13%	46%	–	422	±8
NV	18%	22%	10%	50%	–	739	±7
NY	20%	29%	14%	37%	–	3453	±3
OH	13%	21%	12%	54%	–	2564	±3
OK	9%	17%	15%	60%	–	701	±6
OR	15%	29%	10%	46%	–	1009	±5
PA	16%	24%	12%	48%	–	3040	±3
RI	17%	28%	18%	36%	–	212	±8
SC	15%	22%	10%	53%	–	991	±6
SD	12%	19%	7%	62%	–	173	±9
TN	11%	17%	9%	63%	–	1371	±5
TX	15%	21%	14%	50%	–	4816	±2
UT	11%	18%	15%	55%	–	507	±7
VA	19%	25%	12%	44%	–	1611	±4
VT	21%	32%	15%	32%	–	124	±12
WA	18%	30%	12%	41%	–	1382	±4
WI	14%	24%	14%	47%	–	1334	±5
WV	11%	11%	13%	65%	–	428	±10
WY †	12%	13%	7%	68%	–	95	±14