“Only two Presidents have had less support than the first time out and been re-elected: James Madison and Andrew Jackson.”
I don’t think that’s correct.
Michael Medved is the one who stated that no President ever one reelection without a larger vote the second time around. Madison won 122 electoral votes in 1808 and 122 in 1812. Jackson had 43.1% of the vote at 151,271 with 99 electoral votes in a four way race in 1824 and 56% of the vote at 624,286 with 178 electoral votes in a two way race in 1828.
Hmmm...will recheck that.