Almost exactly eight years ago, then newly-elected President Bush’s numbers were 62 percent approving his performance, 21 percent disapproving, and 17 percent having no opinion (scroll about 3/4 down this Polling Report link).
As such, regardless of how hard media are working to foster this view that this is the most popular president in the modern era, such is not the case.
In fact, even ABC’s director of polling reported Tuesday that Obama’s current numbers are actually quite average with George H. W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, and even Jimmy Carter being more popular after just a month in the White House.
It’s quite comical to see everyone gush over Obama’s numbers. Sorry to burst everyone’s bubble but his numbers, at most, are average for a presidency’s first month.
