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Chuck Taylor

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Some historical perspective on presidential approval in crisis times.


Donnie's approval ratings in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic is running at about 45%, or his customary number throughout most of his tenure. He had a great opportunity to turn the trajectory of his presidency in a much more positive direction as the nation historically unites behind a president in times of national crisis. The current poll numbers are a reflection of his abject failure.

Excerpted from Politico are these points of comparison with past presidents who answered the call:

"According to Gallup’s archives, John F. Kennedy’s approval rating stood at 61 percent at the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962, but it had surged to 74 percent a month later.
In October 1979, Jimmy Carter had a 31 percent approval rating. But after the siege of the U.S. embassy in Iran, Carter’s approval topped 50 percent in early December and hit a high of 58 percent in January 1980. It didn’t begin sagging again until the spring of 1980, and Carter was defeated by Ronald Reagan in November.
More recently, George H.W. Bush’s approval rating shot up from 58 percent in early January 1991, to as high as 87 percent following the climax of Operation Desert Storm, the U.S.-led military action to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
Bush’s son, George W. Bush, had a 51 percent approval rating in the Gallup poll conducted in the four days leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. By the end of the month, as Bush handled the immediate recovery and investigation, his approval rating hit 90 percent."

(In response to this post by wahoo138)

Posted: 04/09/2020 at 08:17AM



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