Obama Approval Ratings For 7th Year Top George W. Bush's So Far
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks after viewing science projects at the White House Science Fair, at the White House, March 23, 2015 in Washington, DC.
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesA direct comparison of the Gallup approval ratings between the last two U.S. presidents shows that President Obama has enjoyed significantly higher approval ratings than his predecessor, George W. Bush, at the same juncture in their time in office.
For all of 2007, Bush never saw his approval rating rise above 38 percent, and, for the first three months of that year, received an average Gallup approval rating of 34.75 percent. In January of that year, Bush notched approval ratings of 37, 34, and 36 percent in three separate surveys. In February, he registered approval ratings of 32 and 37 percent, while in March he saw ratings of 33, 35, 34 percent. For the first three months of 2007,