Obama's Job Rating: Better than Bush's, Worse than Clinton's %job approvalrating
Right after their re-elections, President Obama and George W. Bush both suffered through the first year of their second terms. Heading into this year’s midterm elections, Obama’s job approval rate may be nothing to brag about, but it is better than Bush’s was at this point in 2006 and Obama appears to be less of a drag on his party’s midterm prospects than Bush was.
Obama’s job approval rating stands at 44% while Bush’s was 35% at the same point in the 2006 midterm year, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 23-27. But Obama can look with some envy at where his Democratic predecessor — Bill Clinton — stood in his sixth year. Clinton’s approval rating was a solid 62%.
Obama's Job Rating: Better than Bush's,  | Worse than Clinton's  | %job approvalrating  | 80  | 70  | Clinton 1997-  | 60  | 2001  | 50  | Obama 2013  | 40  | 35  | 30  | 24 Bush 2005-  | 20  | 2009  | 10  | Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8  | Survey conducted April 23-27 2014 Surveys include post-  | reelection and econd-term messures  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 