Retrospective Approval Ratings for Presidents
percentage who approved of each president
"Reagan’s image improved substantially in the years after he left office"
Or maybe after he left office the press no longer felt compelled to continue to lie and distort President Reagan's image...
Or comparison. Look who he was compared to in 1992 through 2002 (hint; Mr. 17% of the eligible vote).
The Idiots at gallup said:
"But the two presidents who followed Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, each had higher average ratings than Reagan, as did three earlier presidents — Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower."
Ummm, excuse me, Morons, but there have been Three Presidents since President Reagan. Interesting how they leave out our Current President George W. Bush.
That's pathetic, IMHO.
Regards,
Joe
I think a lot of people will say they "approve" of the President when they have no intention of ever voting for him. In some cases they say they "approve" of the President to cover up the fact that they have little or no idea what is going on.
An accurate poll would ask likely voters - people who have voted in the last election and plan on voting this time - who they would vote for if the election were today.
Ten years after GW Bush leaves office he will be praised also. GW Bush has more courage in his pinky then Kerry has in his whole skinny body.
Lincoln wasn't all that popular of a president either. If Gallup were around then, Lincoln's ratings would have been lower than Carter's. Greatness can be very unappreciated.
Clinton had higher ratings than President Reagan? I see, said the blind man who takes Gallup polls. That's why Reagan swept 49 states in 1984 and Clinton never got more than 49% of the vote. Would you like fudge with those numbers?
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"Sometimes the truth is visible only when viewed through the lens of history."
It requires the passage of time before the detractors accept what most of us knew from the beginning......