President Bush has seen his approval ratings plummet into Jimmy Carter territory, and if he's not careful he could stumble into the basement with Richard Nixon. The latest numbers show that only 32 percent of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing. Compare that with the end-of-term approval ratings for other presidents: Nixon 24 percent, Ford 53 percent, Carter 34 percent, Reagan 64 percent, Bush (the Elder) 56 percent and Clinton 65 percent. What I'm wondering is - should Bush really care how popular he is? OK, maybe he has some reason to care between now and November. I'm sure he doesn't relish the idea of finishing out his term in the company of a hostile Democratic Congress ... .
This research examines influences on the 2008 presidential election. With an unpopular Republican president, an unpopular war, and a slumping economy, 2008 looked to be a good year for the Democrats. On the other hand, open seat elections historically have been close and less affected by retrospective considerations. Moreover, partisanship, ideological polarization, and contested nominations in both parties inclined the electorate to an even division. McCain's more centrist record and Obama's race also seemed to favor the Republicans. Taken together, these factors set the stage for a closely decided election. It was shaping up that way in the polls until the Wall Street meltdown hit in mid-September. It was the "game changer" that tipped the election to Obama.
... Republicans was President Bush's anemic approval ratings. While presidents need not hold 50% approv...
I did not realize that they took poll ratings for vice presidents until I read that Dick Cheney had an approval rating of only 36 percent. Until recently, such low support for a vice president mattered little, since the office had scant prestige or power. With the exception of the seven who became presidents, incumbent vice presidents have had little impact. Their relevance was summed up in an anecdote told by Woodrow Wilson's vice president: "It seems mother had two sons. One went off to sea and the other became vice president, and neither was heard from again.
Since World War II, most presidents have faced divided government during at least part... generally enjoy higher approval ratings during periods of divided control (Nicholson, Segu...
The presidency's singularity and visibility is both a strength and a weakness, leading to overassessment and personalization of successes and failures. This means a president's greatest advantage ultimately comes from his ability to lead and persuade. The inherent problems caused by a centralized unitary presidency can be overcome by using neutral dispute resolutions such as the base closure commission, proper use of the line-item veto, increasing the number of agencies' presidential appointees, and limiting the use of the special counsel law.
... side, emphasize the failures of recent presidents. their lack of accountability to many important po... has written, in summarizing with approval the views of the founding fathers: . Hamilton asse...Since 1965, public approval ratings for presidents have generally declined,(87) leadin...
Although presidents do not appear on the ballots for midterm elections, their approval ratings frequently play a major factor in how well their party colleagues do in these congressional elections. In 1994, for example, Democratic prospects were hardly enhanced by the fact that Bill Clinton's approval rating in the Gallup Poll bottomed out that year at 39 percent and hovered at 40 percent in September, two months before the Republicans' electoral tidal wave crushed Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress. Four years later, a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted a week before the 1998 midterm elections revealed that 65 percent approved of the way he was handling both his job and foreign policy, while 74 percent approved the way he was handling the economy. Those ratings help...
..., it is worth observing that his approval ratings fell in lock step with the rise in unemplo...Presidents have a powerful effect on popular attitudes toward...
Character matters. Presidents cannot escape being themselves. Their character sh..., the president's declining job approval ratings, and the substance of the policy debate it...
... Colom has invited, in turn, the presidents of several other Central American countries. Let m... that have very, very high levels of approval. In fact, in most countries, the approval for Pres... and the Secretary exceed the approval ratings for their own presidents. So I think that if you ...
A lot of liberals say they're not supporting Sen. Barack Obama in the primaries because a black can't carry the South in the general election - which is a liberal's clever way of saying that he won't vote for a black person. But, it seems, they're wrong. Because while Iowa and New Hampshire aren't technically in the South, they are full of hicks, which is what rich liberals actually mean when they refer to "the South."America is ready for a black president because we've seen them before. Black presidents, in fact, have been our awesomest presidents ever: Morgan Freeman in "Deep Impact" and Dennis Haysbert in "24." And their approval ratings - box office grosses and Nielsen ratings, the only approval that matters in the U.S. - have been huge. The Freeman and Haysbert administrations, whi...
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