Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This Point

So much for that Hopey/Changy thing.

Below are comparable ratings for other presidents since Gallup began taking presidential approval polls in 1938:


George W. Bush, 86 percent
Bill Clinton, 52 percent
George H.W. Bush, 71 percent
Ronald Reagan, 49 percent
Jimmy Carter, 57 percent
Gerald Ford, 52 percent
Richard Nixon, 59 percent
Lyndon Johnson, 74 percent
John Kennedy, 77 percent
Dwight Eisenhower, 69 percent
Harry Truman, 49 percent