The 5 living presidents include current President Donald Trump and former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
In a recent Gallup survey of adults living in the U.S., former President Joe Biden earned the lowest favorability and the highest unfavorability of all five living presidents, while former President Barack Obama was held in the highest regard.
While 57% held an unfavorable view of Biden, just 39% held a favorable view of him.
But Obama's ratings were essentially the reverse, with 59% viewing the 44th president favorably versus just 36% who viewed him unfavorably.
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Left: President Joe Biden during a wildfire briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025; Center: President Donald Trump attends a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C.; Right: Former President Barack Obama listens to Nika Kovač, Director of Slovenia-based Institute 8th of March as he moderates a conversation with her, Manu Meel, Co-Founder and CEO of BridgeUSA, and Ainka Jackson, Founding executive director of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation during the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum on Dec. 5, 2024 in Chicago, Ill. (Left: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Center: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Right: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Biden, who served as vice president throughout Obama's terms, had just concluded his own White House tenure when the poll was conducted from Jan. 21-27.
President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20.
The current commander in chief and former President Bill Clinton were both viewed favorably by 48% in the survey.
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(L-R) Former U.S. Vice Presidents Al Gore and Mike Pence, Karen Pence, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former U.S. President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former U.S. President Barack Obama, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump attend the state funeral for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
But while 50% viewed Trump unfavorably, just 41% felt that way about Clinton.
Regarding former President George W. Bush, 52% in the poll held a favorable opinion of him, and 34% held an unfavorable view.
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President George W. Bush attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Until recently, there had been six living presidents, but former President Jimmy Carter passed away late last year at the age of 100 years old.
"Results are based on telephone interviews conducted January 21-27, 2025, with a random sample of –1,001— adults, ages 18+, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on this sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level," Gallup indicated.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
