According to Gallup’s first full data set for 2010, Barack Obama starts his second year in office with the highest disapproval rating of any President since Eisenhower.
Obama begins 2010 with 44% of the public disapproving of the job he’s doing as president. That’s four points higher than the next closest president (Reagan), six points worse than Bill Clinton, and 17 points worse than Jimmy Carter.
Obama also begins his second year in office with the second worst job approval rating of any president in the last 56 years:
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January 8, 2010 at 12:59 pm |
Hey Prof. Homa,
How about controlling for unemployment rate?