Odd isn't it? Obama is better than Nixon and that is news! 43% for Obama and Nixon is 29%.
How come 14% is suddenly so close we have to think about it?
Did Georgie the 43rd win either of his elections by 14% points? Hell No. He was lucky to win the first one by 14 votes.
So let's compare Congressional approval ratings to Presidential ratings?
Obama 43% and Congress at 14% as an annual average.
So Nixon, perhaps the worst of our recent Presidents, was twice as popular as our current Congress.
That's not how the real world works. That might be how college football teams are selected to post season Bowl Games. But it's not how Congress or the President works.
About half the people in the country are just OK with the President.
About one in seven people are OK with Congress.
We won't let Obama get elected again but we will re-elect 90% of the village idiots already in Congress.
Gallop
Just for comparison, here's a recent Gallop poll on how history will view Presidents.
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