Americans view Obama far more positively than Trump or Biden, CNN poll finds [View all]

As Barack Obama opens his presidential center, he does so as by far the most popular living president.

Obama is viewed positively by 57% of Americans, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, far surpassing the ratings for his two Oval Office successors. Only 34% of the public offers a favorable opinion of President Donald Trump, with former President Joe Biden’s favorability trailing at just 30%.

Obama’s standing among political independents is more than twice as high as either Biden’s or Trump’s. Unlike Biden or Trump, he also has the near-universal backing of his own party.

And though only about one-fifth of Republicans take a positive view of Obama, that’s still far above the share of Americans willing to cross party lines in support of his successors.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/politics/cnn-poll-presidents-obama-biden-trump