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title: "Presidential Approval"
description: "Barack Obama’s job approval rating has ranged from 44% to 50% in recent months. Obama’s job rating hit a two-year high of 56% in May 2011, in the days immediately after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden. Read More"
date: "2012-07-15"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2012/07/15/presidential-approval/"
---

# Presidential Approval

Barack Obama’s job approval rating has ranged from 44% to 50% in recent months. Obama’s job rating hit a two-year high of 56% in May 2011, in the days immediately after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden. [Read More](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/legacy-questionnaires/7-12-12%20Political%20topline%20for%20release.pdf)