What were Clinton and Bush's approval rating around this time?

LeftyAndProud60

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:36 PM
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What were Clinton and Bush's approval rating around this time?

Edited on Mon Jul-26-10 10:36 PM by LeftyAndProud60

I'm just curious to know if I should be concerned about Obama's numbers right now.

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Ken Burch

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Mon Jul-26-10 10:39 PM
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1. Clinton made sure HIS approval ratings were only for himself.

After 1994, he never wanted a Democratic comeback at the Congressional level.

Bush's were higher at the equivalent time(1990), but that was tied solely to the run-up to the Gulf War and he wasn't able to do anything even for himself with those ratings.

Reagan's were at rock-bottom in 1982(the equivalent period in his regime)but he took 49 states two years later(due largely, it must be said, to our party leadership's decision to impose the bleakest and least popular nominee we could possibly have chosen in 1984).

So presidential approval ratings at the midterm don't always mean much.

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dsc

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Mon Jul-26-10 11:03 PM
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2. actually Clinton's ratings were lower than Obama's

not higher.

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Liberal_Stalwart71

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Mon Jul-26-10 11:39 PM
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4. And so were Ray-guns!!! n/t

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Adenoid_Hynkel

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Mon Jul-26-10 11:06 PM
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3. Gallup has a neat thing on their site

where you put Obama's (or any president's) numbers up against each other in a graph
they have everyone back to Truman

www.gallup.org

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otohara

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Wed Jul-28-10 10:45 AM
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7. Link

it's Gallup.com and I can't find the graph you speak of... can you help an old gal out?

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Phx_Dem

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Tue Jul-27-10 04:53 PM
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5. Clinton was about 41 approve/50 disapprove. Bush was

Edited on Tue Jul-27-10 04:54 PM by Phx_Dem

about 76/30 because of 911 (only). The faux love didn't last.

Reagan was lower than all of them! lol

Here's all of them.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html

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DebJ

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Wed Jul-28-10 10:53 AM
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8. Cool link, thanks. I like the picture of GW..looks like he's

crapping himself, LOL.

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Phx_Dem

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Wed Jul-28-10 12:04 PM
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9. LOL. With good reason!

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truthtelleralways

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Tue Jul-27-10 05:32 PM
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6. Clinton's was 42%, down from 58% on inauguration day

Obama's is 45%, down from 68% on inauguration day.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx

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