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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Just a bit below 50% sucks? It's damn near twice as high as Bush's, just a hair lower than Clinton was when he got out of office, and Clinton was lower than Obama's is now within his first two years and right now it's about equal with Bush Sr and Reagan got lower and averaged a bit lower than Obama is. Overall, he's doing pretty good. Clinton and Bush both go reelected with about the same approval ratings.
Just to clear the air... Other than Eisenhower the last 11 Presidents have had lower approval ratings that Obama has right now, so he has a lot to go.
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You are cherry picking low approval ratings of presidents who served one or more terms in office.
USA Today
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President Obama's approval ratings are hitting new lows in the Gallup poll.
His average approval rating last week was 44%, the worst week of his presidency.
And his daily tracking number -- the average for three days rolling -- has been 42% the past two days, also low points.
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Bush was not this low until the end of his first term and then it was not lower until a year into his second term.
Obama's approval rating has crashed. At the beginning of his term only 20% disapproved of his job performance and now over 50% disapprove. Bush's disapproval rating did not reach this level until 8/8/2005.
For the record, I never liked Bush.