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Highest minimum approval rating during the president term in office:
John F. Kennedy holds the record at 56% (9/12-17/1963, 14% undecided).
Dwight D. Eisenhower is second-equal highest at 48% (3/27-4/1/1958, 16% undecided).
Franklin D. Roosevelt is second-equal highest at 48% (8/18-24/1939, 8% undecided).
Gerald Ford is fourth highest at 37% (3/28-31/1975, 20% undecided).
Biggest approval rating difference during the president term in office:
George W. Bush holds the record with 73 percentage points.
Harry S. Truman is second highest with 65 percentage points.
George H.W. Bush is third highest with 60 percentage points.
Jimmy Carter is fourth highest with 47 percentage points.
Highest disapproval rating:
George W. Bush holds the record with 76% (9/16-19/2008, 5% undecided, American Research Group).
Harry S. Truman is second highest, with 67% (1/6-11/1952, 9% undecided, Gallup Poll).
Richard Nixon is third highest, with 66% (1/4-7/1974, 10% undecided, Gallup Poll).
George H.W. Bush is fourth highest, with 60% (7/31-8/2/92, 11% undecided, Gallup Poll).
