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Eisenhower appeared to have the highest approval ratings. At his lowest, his approval rate was still 57%, with the highest disapproval rating at 32%. Even though he was a Republican, he still had high approval ratings from Democrats.
Obama's approval ratings have fallen faster than any other president except for Truman.
The daily polling wasn't around then, so you didn't see the daily bounces (casing point going by today, which is closer to Reagan's dates for the 47% approval, Obama is at 45%). Not to mention after hitting the 47% in late June of 83, Regan dropped and was mostly under that 47% mark (with polls ranging from 42-44 in July & August of 83). Went back to 47 after that and dropped back slightly, and then in late October is when he started to pull back up.
So basically Reagan reached his low point in early 1983, got a bit of a boost until late Spring/early Summer. Then the boost in his approval fluctuated a bit, at times even dropping back slightly during the summer and early fall of 83 before starting a true run which lasted through Election Day
Yeah, I can definitely see Reagan picking up support after the first of the year.
Then we can start to clean up the WH and get working on fixing the disaster he, Nancy and Harry has left this country in.
And there's sure to be a barrage of ads showing him yukking it up with the toadlike Reid and pass-the-bill-so-we-can-see-what's-in-it Pelosi. Won't that be a pretty sight?
The numbers are very similar for Reagan, Clinton and Carter with Reagan starting from a lower point than both Clinton and Carter. What happens at day 884 is both Clinton and Reagan continue to gain on strong economic news thanks to a robust dollar, solid GDP growth, low inflation and falling unemployment. Carter tried the Keynesian weak dollar approach which crashed the economy. Obama is doing the same thing and experiencing similar results.
Bush had a high approval rating because of 9/11 only. The country had this blind sense of Patriotism after the attacks. If it wasn't for 9/11, he wouldn't have been elected in 2004, since he wouldn't have had "tear" (Terror) to use as a crutch...
Bush had a high approval rating because of 9/11 only. The country had this blind sense of Patriotism after the attacks. If it wasn't for 9/11, he wouldn't have been elected in 2004, since he wouldn't have had "tear" (Terror) to use as a crutch...
The upswing was definitely due to 9/11 and the new war on terror (whatever that means), but so was the downturn as Democrats who voted to authorize war with Iraq used the same war to slander Bush in 2004. Had there been no 9/11, Bush II would likely have been a very mediocre president with a largely uneventful presidency whether he edged out Kerry or not.
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