President Trump's approval rating has risen during the coronavirus pandemic — to about 47%, according to an average of the polls. But that's not the big increase that past presidents have seen during times of crisis, pollsters say.
Pete Souza/The White House/Getty ImagesThen-President Barack Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden on May 1, 2011.At the beginning of Obama's presidency, the country was largely behind him, and his approval rating, per Gallup, was in the 60s.
Then-President George W. Bush speaks to Vice President Dick Cheney by phone aboard Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001.Eric Draper/The White House/Getty Images Eventually, his job approval cratered, nosediving to 31%, as Iraq spiraled into civil war in 2006, and then declined again to 25% the month before the 2008 election, as the Great Recession hit.There wasn't much of a bounce for Clinton because of the Kosovo NATO bombings in March 1999. But realize, he was popular already.
Bush's approval rating jumped 16 points, from 60% to 76% from July to August of 1990 when the Gulf War began. Reagan saw another bounce in 1983. The economy was improving, but there were rally-around-the-flag moments with the Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon in October, then the U.S. invasion of Grenada the same month.
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