Presidential Approval Ratings— Joe BidenJoe Biden's Presidential Job Approval Ratings
% Approve Polling dates
Latest job approval rating 54 May 3-18, 2021
Term average to date 56 Jan 20, 2021-present
Highest job approval rating to date 57 Jan 21-Feb 2 and Apr 1-21, 2021
Lowest job approval rating to date 54 Mar 1-15 and May 3-18, 2021
GALLUP
Joe Biden's Presidential Job Approval Ratings -- Historical Comparisons
President % Approve Polling dates
Average for U.S. presidents 53 1938-2021
Average for elected presidents' second quarter 60 various
Other elected presidents in May of first year Donald Trump 39 May 2017
Barack Obama 65 May 2009
George W. Bush 55 May 2001
Bill Clinton 45 May 1993
George H.W. Bush 58 May 1989
Ronald Reagan 68 May 1981
Jimmy Carter 65 May 1977
Richard Nixon 63 May 1969
John Kennedy 75 May 1961
Dwight Eisenhower 74 May 1953
GALLUP
Not bad compared to Trump’s 39 percent.