The power of the State of the Union

… SOTUs have no consistent impact on the core indicator of a president’s political health: his job-approval rating.

Examining those approval ratings just before and just after SOTU addresses reveals that the average change is zero. In fact, it is more common for approval ratings to decline than to improve in the wake of SOTUs. [cont.]

Mark Mellman

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