As if the President doesn’t already have enough to worry about, now his poll numbers are sinking and sinking fast. He started his presidency with an astounding 68 percent public approval rating. Today Gallup polls him at 52. It’s historically significant:
So in less time than Carter, Obama has fallen more.
And Obama’s bad numbers are fairly uniform. In the past day alone, NBC News/Wall Street Journal and the Pew Research Center have shown similar results.
Both W. Bush and Bill Clinton reached the low 50s sooner than Obama. W. Bush hit 53 in March; Clinton hit 51 within a month of his inauguration. But W. Bush and Clinton began their presidencies with approval ratings about 10 points lower than Obama. And indeed, Obama has therefore fallen faster than W. Bush as well.
Clinton’s presidency was going far worse than Obama’s at this point; Clinton hit 37 by early June 1993. George H.W. Bush also began low, at 51. But he did not return to that floor until October 1990, at 53 percent–more than a year after Obama.
Ronald Reagan began his presidency low as well, at 51. He too did not return to his low until after Obama, in mid September (it’s worth noting that Reagan was boosted by the assassination attempt during that period).
Well, what did he expect? That is what happens when you govern from the far left.
