| Year | Interview Dates | President | % Approval |
% Disapproval |
% No Opinion |
Initial Approval |
% Change |
| 1953 | Apr. 19-24 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 73 | 10 | 17 | 68 | 5 |
| 1961 | Apr. 28-May 3 | John Kennedy | 83 | 5 | 12 | 72 | 11 |
| 1969 | May 1-6 | Richard Nixon | 62 | 15 | 23 | 59 | 3 |
| 1977 | Apr. 29-May 2 | Jimmy Carter | 63 | 18 | 19 | 66 | -3 |
| 1981 | May 8-11 | Ronald Reagan | 68 | 21 | 11 | 51 | 17 |
| 1989 | May 4-7 | George Bush | 56 | 22 | 22 | 51 | 5 |
| 1993 | Apr. 22-24 | William J. Clinton | 55 | 37 | 8 | 58 | -3 |
| 2001 | Apr. 20-22 | George W. Bush | 62 | 29 | 9 | 57 | 5 |
| 2009 | Apr. 28-30 | Barack Obama | 65 | 29 | 6 | 68 | -3 |
| 2017 | Apr. 24-30 | Donald Trump | 41 | 54 | 5 | 45 | -4 |
| 2021 | Apr. 1-21 | Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | 57 | 40 | 3 | 57 | 0 |
*compiled from the Gallup Poll, includes only presidents inaugurated following election