Obama’s 2013 approval second-lowest of presidency

Published January 21, 2014 5:00am ET



President Obama averaged a 45.8 percent approval rating in 2013, according to a report from Gallup.

The rating represents a 2.3 point drop from his average approval rating in 2012, prior to the multitude of scandals that have plagued the beginning of his second term. The rating also makes Obama’s fifth year in office his second-worst, behind his third year, when his average approval rating was just 44.4 percent.

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