Obama To Leave Office As A Popular President

Posted on the 16 December 2016 by Jobsanger



While Trump enters his presidency as the most unpopular of recent presidents, Barack Obama will leave office as one of the most popular. About 46% say he will be viewed as an above average president -- better than Bush II (11%), Clinton (44%), or Bush I (36%). Only 27% think he was a below average president.
He also leaves with a very high job approval rating of 58% -- comparable to Clinton (61%) and Reagan (63%), and much higher than Bush II (24%).
Both Barack and Michelle Obama will leave the White House with a high favorable rating. He has a rating of 64%, and Michelle's is even higher at 72%.
These charts are from a recent Pew Research Center survey -- done between November 30th and December 5th of a random national sample of 1,502 adults, with a margin of error of 2.9 points.