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Read Replies (2) | Respond to Bush more popular than obama in 4 out of 6 years.Annual average job approval ratings Barack Obama George W. Bush Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan 6th year 43% 39% 62% 63% 5th year 48% 46% 58% 63% 4th year 49% 50% 55% 57% 3rd year 48% 62% 51% 53% 2nd year 51% 74% 50% 48% 1st year 60% 72% 52% 62% 6-year average 50% 57% 55% 58%
He has a 41 percent job approval rating in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll out this week, a single point from his career low, with 54 percent disapproving. His approval rating averaged just 43 percent in 2014, making it his worst year by a significant margin. His rating on the economy is essentially flat; 52 percent disapprove, despite recent economic gains. Fifty-four percent disapprove of his work on international affairs, a steadily negative majority since September. He’s gained 9 points on handling immigration, but only to 38 percent approval, with 55 percent disapproving. And for only the second time, numerically more disapprove than approve of his handling of terrorism , 48-43 percent. He’s presided over the steepest drop-off in Democratic self-identification we’ve ever seen. Just 26 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Democrats, down 6 points from late October to the fewest on record since the start of ABC/Post polling in 1981. (More are independents; Republican Party ID is flat, but the GOP’s favorability rating has risen sharply.) Obama’s career-long job approval rating, 50 percent on average, lags all three of his immediate two-term predecessors at this point in their tenure. abcnews.go.com
