In the 2021 C-SPAN Survey of Presidential Leadership, Abraham Lincoln was chosen as the country's top ranked president for the fourth time in a row. This is the fourth survey of its kind; the first was conducted in 2000, during Bill Clinton's final year in office, while the subsequent three surveys were held in the years after each respective president left office. Compared to the previous survey, the top nine presidents have remained in the same positions, while Barack Obama moved up from 12th place in 2017 to round out the top 10 in 2021. The bottom three presidents also remained unchanged from previous surveys, and were Abraham Lincoln's two predecessors and successor, ranked so low due to their perceived failures before and after the American Civil War.

Criteria A total of 142 experts took part in this survey, and were asked to rank each president on a scale of one (not effective) to ten (very effective) across ten different qualities. Scores in each area were then converted to an average value out of 100, and combined to give a total score out of 1,000. Generally, there was a strong correlation across the board in each area, for example, Lincoln ranked among the top four in each individual area, while Buchanan was in the bottom three of each. Despite this, there was some deviation; Lyndon Johnson was ranked second in the category Pursued Equal Justice For All, but 39th in International Relations. There has also been deviation over time, such as Woodrow Wilson falling from sixth place overall in 2000, to 13th place in 2021, or Ulysses S. Grant moving up from 33rd to 20th over the same period, as perceptions of past presidents' performances are revised over time.

Donald Trump The most recent president, Donald Trump, made his first appearance at number 41 on the list, out of a total of 44 entries (Grover Cleveland is generally viewed as the 22nd and 24th president, but has been included once here). In the individual criteria, Trump was ranked last in both Moral Authority and Administrative Skills, whereas Public Persuasion was the only area where he did not feature in the bottom quartile. The next survey will likely take place in either 2025 or 2029, at the end of Joe Biden's time in office, while we may be seeing Trump re-evaluated in the 2029 survey if he does run for office again and takes victory in the 2024 election.

This statistic ranks all U.S. Presidents from Washington to Trump using "Presidential Greatness" scores from the annual survey of current and recent members of the Presidents & Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. In 2018, President Donald Trump, debuted on the list in last place with a Presidential Greatness score of **.

In the first survey of U.S. citizens after Donald Trump took office in January 2025, around ** percent of respondents expressed approval of Trump's work. In contrast, around ** percent said they disapproved of Trump's work. Compared to past U.S. presidents, this is the lowest rating, apart from Donald Trump's first term in office. His predecessor, Joe Biden, began his term with an approval rating of around ** percent. This chart shows the results of several polls conducted in the U.S. shortly after the new U.S. president took office. The polls asked U.S. citizens whether they approved or disapproved of the way the president was performing his new role.

Presidential approval ratings have seen a general decrease in the last 50 years. Harry Truman, who served as U.S. president from 1945 to 1953, had an approval rating of 87 percent after his first 100 days as president. In comparison, Donald Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, had the lowest 100-day approval rating since 1945 at 41 percent.

Context

How does Donald Trump's approval rating compare to previous presidents?

Content

The dataset contains the approval ratings of US Presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's third term in 1941 up to December 2017, with every president's approval/disapproval rates measured many times in the course of every month in office.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Data Camp for providing this dataset as part of their Analyzing Election and Polling Data in R course.

Inspiration

See how respondents approved of US presidents over time and gauge if Trump's current approval ratings are indicative of his future ones.

The rise of female chief executives appears to signal gender progress, but this may not be unequivocally so. This article advances a contextual theory for the role of gender on leaders’ approval ratings, a key measure of “success” and source of executive power. I argue that because of gendered expectations and discourse, female presidents will receive lower approval ratings in contexts of corruption. The study focuses on Latin America, known for its powerful, masculinist presidential regimes and its democratically-elected female leaders. I first trace the gendered construction of President Michelle Bachelet’s image as an honest mother. Upon a presidential scandal, higher standards and gendered discourse resulted in deeply disappointed citizens, significantly undermining her popularity. Models of 18 Latin American countries next reveal a negative impact of being a female—rather than a male—president on approval ratings. Marginal effects plots show that female presidents score worse than their male counterparts in contexts of at least one presidential scandal and higher executive corruption. This article contributes to the growing literature on gender and corruption. It also challenges some conventional wisdom on the pro-women consequences of female leadership in providing a more nuanced account of the role of gender in the executive branch.

This dataset tracks annual overall school rank from 2014 to 2023 for Presidential Park Elementary School

The average for 2024 based on 113 countries was 0.28 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Algeria: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Context

This is Trump's party approval ratings since taking office. Sourced from Gallup:

https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx

Note from Gallup:

January 2017-December 2018 figures are based on weekly averages of Gallup tracking. January 2019 and later figures are based on discrete multiday Gallup polls.

Acknowledgements

Gallup

This dataset tracks annual overall school rank from 2011 to 2023 for Presidents Elementary School

This survey shows the average job approval ratings of U.S. presidents since World War II from Truman to Obama. As of January 2017, Barack Obama had an average approval rating of **** percent throughout his tenure.

This survey focuses on Americans' issues and ratings of politicians, presidential candidates pairings, third party, candidates' issues, Bob Dole's disability, football. Variables include rating of President Clinton, Bob Dole, pairing of Clinton/Dole/Perot, candidates' character and issues, Bob Dole's disability, football following, and demographics.

The average for 2024 based on 9 countries was 0.56 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Dominican Republic: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Guatemala: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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Since the late 20th century, numerous Latin American nations have launched efforts to expand term limits, often successfully. This paper discusses the conditions under which countries succeed in expanding term limits. Drawing from bargaining models and reviewing 36 cases, I make three arguments. First, the preferences of actors are fairly predictable based on office-holding: presidents are the most prominent actors pushing for expansion of term limits; opposition parties lead the resistance. Second, power asymmetry, measured by presidential approval ratings, is the best predictor of success, better than ideology or share of seats in congress. Third, the only hope for stopping popular presidents rests with ruling parties (and the courts), but only when the latter are sufficiently independent.

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Donald Trump's Recent Favorability Ratings Among Republicans

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump remains a prominent figure in American politics, especially within the Republican Party. Recent polls conducted from Jan. 4 to Jan. 23, 2024, shed light on Trump's favorability among Republicans, showcasing varying sentiments within the party.

According to a series of polls by YouGov and The Economist, conducted from Jan. 21 to Jan. 23, Trump's favorability among Republicans is notable. The first poll, with a sample size of 476, indicates an 83% favorable rating, while the second, with a larger sample size of 1,497 registered voters (RV), shows a more nuanced picture with a 46% favorable and 53% unfavorable rating. Despite some divergence in these results, the overall average favors Trump with a +68 net favorability.

Morning Consult's polls, conducted from Jan. 18 to Jan. 20 with both likely voters (LV) and RV, reveal similar trends. Among Republicans, Trump's favorability is consistently high, with an 81% favorable rating among LV and a 46% favorable rating among RV. The net favorability in both cases remains positive, at +63 and +5, respectively.

HarrisX/Harris Poll and Echelon Insights also contribute to the broader understanding of Trump's standing within the Republican base. The polls conducted from Jan. 17 to Jan. 18 by HarrisX/Harris Poll and Echelon Insights show favorable ratings of 80% and 43%, respectively, among RV and LV. However, the latter poll indicates a more balanced scenario with an even split in net favorability, while the former shows a +63 net favorability.

Moving to Ipsos and ABC News polls conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17 and Jan. 10 to Jan. 17, the results remain positive for Trump. Among Republicans, Ipsos reports a 72% favorable rating, while the later poll shows a slightly lower but still substantial 66% favorable rating. Both polls indicate positive net favorability scores of +46 and +34, respectively.

The most recent set of polls by YouGov and The Economist, conducted from Jan. 14 to Jan. 16, presents a nuanced picture with favorable ratings of 84%, 45%, and 45% among Republicans. The net favorability scores range from +69 to +5, highlighting the diversity of opinions within the Republican base.

It's crucial to note the potential influence of partisan affiliations on these polls. The organizations conducting the polls vary in their partisan ties, and understanding these dynamics can provide additional context to the reported favorability ratings. As Trump continues to be a central figure in Republican politics, these polls offer a snapshot of his current standing within the party, reflecting the complexity and diversity of opinions among Republicans.

Female leaders have been found to face more challenges in different stages of their political careers. To contribute to the debate about why female politicians encounter harsher conditions than their male counterparts in politics, we propose the theory of dual obstacles. Our theory argues that male voters evaluate female politicians negatively based on gender identity while female voters do not necessarily support female politicians. Female voters’ support for female politicians is mainly dependent upon their policy satisfaction. We use the TEDS 2024 survey data to examine if the corresponding hypotheses would be supported empirically. The results suggest that contrary to our theoretical expectation, there is no significant difference in female leaders’ approval ratings between female and male voters. It is found that female voters are not homogenous and they are less likely to approve of female leaders if their feminist policy expectations are not met or if they differ ideologically.

As of April 2025, about 44 percent of Americans approved of the way Donald Trump was handling his job as president. President Trump’s public approval fluctuated during his first term, falling to 34 percent toward the end of his first term in 2021. Approval of Administration Donald Trump’s presidency has caused a lot of controversy and debate both within and outside the United States. It took only eight days from his first day in office for Donald Trump to receive a 50 percent disapproval rating. The President is not the only politician with low approval ratings, as many Senators also face low approval ratings. However, President Trump’s second term approval ratings are not much lower than his approval rating after the same amount of time in office during his first term.

This county-level map shows. Voter Turnout for the 2020 U.S. Presidential election Data from County Health Rankings.Voter turnout is the percentage of citizen population aged 18 or older who voted in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.Areas in dark blue indicate a lower voter turnout, while areas in light blue indicate a higher voter turnout. Data comes from County Health Rankings, a program of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute with support provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.Voting collectively influences the health of our communities and healthier communities are more likely to vote. Studies show that communities with higher voter turnout tend to also have better self-reported general health, fewer chronic health conditions, a lower overall mortality rate, and less depression. Learn more about voter turnout from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.A number of different policies can affect voter turnout, such as voter id laws, early voting, and mail-in ballots. Learn more about voter turnout strategies and initiatives.

The average for 2023 based on 10 countries was 0.3 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The highest value was in Argentina: 1 1 elections, 0 otherwise and the lowest value was in Bolivia: 0 1 elections, 0 otherwise. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.