[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

President ratings always seem to drop like that within the first part of their terms. Reason being that the population seems to give them a grace period - even people who didn't vote for him will be like "Well he's a knew guy coming in, might as well give him a chance." It's impossible to actually please everyone, though, so that will drop. I saw some poll results recently that showed the number of American's which approved of him at the some percent of those which voted for him, so I think that says some good things.

Thats an interesting point.

Bond, are there any comparisons on Rasmussen comparing Obama's drop in popularity to other past Presidents? That would likely be a more telling statistic.

That aside, the number regarding his disapproval and the sudden drop in approval do seem to coincide with the ramping up of the Healthcare Debate with a side of continued job losses, but without comparison thats more logical conjecture than real correlative evidence.

EDIT: I found a neat article on this very subject. I recommend reading the whole thing.

Obama began his presidency at 68. He hit 69 the following day. That means he's dropped 16 points since day one.

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.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ter_97703.html

But yes, the majority of Americans are pretty stupid...

Stupid enough to vote for Obama, I guess?

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