Approval Ratings

President-elect Trump was seen positively by 47 percent of Americans, up 9 points from last month. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Voters give Trump his highest favorability score so far

Anna Giaritelli · December 14, 2016 11:04 pm

President-elect Trump's transition approval rating is lower than that of his predecessors, according to a poll released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Trump’s transition approval rating lower than past presidents

Meghana Kurup · December 14, 2016 2:32 pm

President Obama's favorable rating is very strong at 56 percent. It hasn't been that high in this poll since December 2009. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Beltway Confidential

Bloomberg poll: People love Obama. Democrats, not so much

David Freddoso · December 8, 2016 3:30 pm

Paul Ryan's favorables are now a net plus-14. President-elect Trump is at minus-13, which isn't bad either. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Trump wins the election … Ryan gets the honeymoon?

David Freddoso · November 28, 2016 6:57 pm

About half of U.S. voters currently approve of the job President Obama is doing, the highest score the outgoing president has received since a poll taken after his re-election victory in December 2012. (AP Photo)

Obama could leave office with highest approval rating in 4 years

Gabby Morrongiello · November 28, 2016 6:23 pm

President Obama's job approval rating is at its highest since September 2009, according to a new poll Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, Pool)

Obama’s approval rating at highest level since 2009

Meghana Kurup · November 23, 2016 2:44 pm

Even when his job approval was in the low 40s, President Obama remained personally popular. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Why is President Obama still so popular?

Daniel Allott · November 16, 2016 9:16 pm

Three-quarters of registered voters in the Garden State do not have a favorable view of New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Christie plummets to new low: 3-in-4 New Jersey residents view him unfavorably

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2016 11:24 pm

Donald Trump posted higher favorability numbers than rival Hillary Clinton with one week until the election. (AP Photos)

More people see Trump as ‘honest, trustworthy’ than Clinton

Anna Giaritelli · November 4, 2016 11:40 pm

Hillary Clinton's campaign team punched back Friday evening against Donald Trump musing about what might happen if the Democratic nominee's security detail willingly disarmed itself. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

Clinton, Trump favorability ratings haven’t budged

Anna Giaritelli · October 19, 2016 10:37 pm

Nyet: 1% Russians approve of Obama, global disapproval at 8 year high

Washington Secrets

Nyet: 1% Russians approve of Obama, global disapproval at 8 year high

Paul Bedard · October 18, 2016 12:47 am

President Obama's job approval rating has hit 55 percent, the highest number he has seen during his second term. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s approval rating at 55 percent, highest during second term

Kelly Cohen · October 6, 2016 12:05 pm