47%
President Obama’s job approval rating average in May, unchanged from April, and exactly the same as George W. Bush’s and Gerald Ford’s ratings in May of their re-election years. Bush ended up winning by three percentage points in 2004, while Ford lost by two points in 1976. Obama’s average is well below the May re-election-year averages of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, both of whom won, but above the May averages of George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter, who lost, according to Gallup.
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