Approval rating better than Bush's worst but getting closer

BY TIM MARCIN ON 6/8/17 AT 8:30 AM

... approval rating among voters stood at just 34 percent ...

... 34 percent is far from stellar, but it could get worse, as it’s still a few percentage points better than Bush’s lowest mark. In May 2008, Quinnipiac found Bush had an approval rating of just 28 percent, while 67 percent disapproved ... Former President Barack Obama .. never dipped as low as Trump, the 44th president going only as low as 38 percent in 2013.

... At about this point in his first term .. Bush’s approval rating stood at 55 percent in the Gallup tracking poll ...

Trump’s approval this week did rise above where former President Bill Clinton’s rating stood at the same point in his first term, but that .. could shift in .. coming days. Clinton’s approval rating shot back up to the mid-40s by the end of June, but there have been no real signs of a turnaround for Trump ...

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-approval-rating-better-bushs-worst-getting-closer-622672