Three new national polls came out recently showing President Obama’s approval ratings falling to the low 40% range, which puts them at or near the lowest of his presidency. The drop in support came in the wake of a series of bad news, including the VA scandal, the ongoing IRS controversy and most recently, the unexpected surge by the Isis terrorists in Iraq. This drop led to the predictable overreaction from the punditocracy. …
However, while the numbers aren’t great news for Obama, it is useful to put them in their historical context. CONT.
Matthew Dickinson, Middlebury College
Presidential approval ratings: Barack Obama | George W. Bush