Obama vs. Trump: New poll compares favorability

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00:00Obama versus Trump, new poll compares favorability.

00:05President Donald Trump most recently criticized former President Barack Obama for winning

00:09a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

00:12They gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country, Trump

00:16fumed in early October.

00:18A new survey polled Americans on their views of U.S. presidents since 1981, and the results

00:23reveal that Obama holds the edge over Trump, though he's not the most popular president

00:28in modern times.

00:29A 2025 Gallup poll revealed he's the most popular living president, with 59 percent

00:35of Americans viewing him favorably and 36 percent unfavorably.

00:39According to the poll conducted by Marquette University, 42 percent of Americans have a

00:44favorable view of Trump, while 57 percent view him unfavorably, resulting in a net favorability

00:50rating of minus 15 points.

00:53Meanwhile, 57 percent said they view Obama favorably, compared to 40 percent who view

00:58him unfavorably, giving the former president a plus 17 net favorability rating.

01:04Former President Ronald Reagan, however, is viewed even more favorably than Obama.

01:0958 percent view Reagan, who served from 1981 to 1989 favorably, while 30 percent view him

01:16unfavorably, giving the late Hollywood actor-turned-Republican leader a plus 28 favorability rating.

01:23Former President Joe Biden, who served as vice president under Obama, received the lowest favorability

01:28rating among the commanders-in-chief in recent decades.

01:3037 percent of respondents viewed him favorably, five points lower than Trump, while 61 percent

01:37held an unfavorable view, four points higher than Trump, resulting in a net rating of minus

01:4224, according to the survey.

01:45The Marquette University survey polled 1,005 U.S. adults in September 2025 to assess their favorability

01:52of presidents, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald

02:00Trump, and Joe Biden.

02:02Former President George H.W. Bush held a net favorability rating of plus 17, with 53 percent

02:08of respondents viewing him favorably, and 36 percent unfavorably.

02:13Former President Bill Clinton received a net rating of plus 8, with 51 percent of respondents

02:18saying they had a favorable view of Clinton, and 43 percent reporting an unfavorable opinion.

02:24Former President George W. Bush also had a plus 8 rating, with 50 percent viewing him favorably

02:29compared to 42 percent unfavorably.