Comparing previous presidents approval ratings

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by brattpowered

Wow, Obama is ahead of where Reagan was at this point in his presidency, and in a dead heat with Clinton. Both 2 term presidents .

Yup.
Listen, I don't care if someone approves of Obama or not - the fact is, if they look at the facts objectively and leave out their OWN opinion of Obama (either good or bad) and JUST look at what his approval ratings are during a VERY HARSH recession it's hard to come to the honest conclusion that he's in not in a pretty strong position once the economy recovers. I mean the fact is, if he can still manage a roughly 50% approval rating with the unemployment rate at 10%, what's he going to be able to manage as that unemployment rate falls as the economy recovers.

That's not me as an Obama supporter speaking, that's just me as a logical person.

Realistically, the only way he won't be re-elected (assuming the lack of scandal or a vastly successful terrorist attack) is if the economy doesn't recover - an quite frankly I don't think there's much chance of that.

Ken

[sanrene]

Obama on the other hand had a high point of 69 and his low is 47 (a drop of 22 points) in a bit more than a year. Less than either of Reagan's two big drops.

Gallup has obama at 46 and Rasmussen at 44.

[Factsplease]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Gallup has obama at 46 and Rasmussen at 44.

Still higher than Reagan. I've pointed this out here many times before.

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Gallup has obama at 46 and Rasmussen at 44.

OK, even with THAT (44) it only matches Reagan's (25 point drop from Obama's high) - and that's over a more than a year period - compared with Reagan's fall over 10 months - so Reagan STILL fell faster.
No matter how you slice it, it's STILL not as rapid a fall as Reagans' - nor is it anywhere near the low that Reagan reached.

Ken