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Snellius

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17. Highs and lows relative to what?

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 31, 2018, 09:23 AM

Jul 2018

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx

Highs and lows don't tell us much without a baseline average. W's approval after 9/11 was like 90%, highest in history, but how did that turn out? 25%.

Actually all these approval polls are meaningless in a way. You almost have to have lived during a presidency, tuned in, and been part of the total zeitgeist or studied the period as a dispassionate historian, to really get a sense of how popular they were. With Kennedy, at least among the general culture, especially under 30, he was adored and his death was really the beginning of the political and culture revolution of the 60s.

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John F Kennedy argues for universal healthcare [View all] Quixote1818 Jul 2018 OP

But I thought.....oh never mind. George II Jul 2018 #1

WE should not provide congressional grade healthcare to the scoundrels democratisphere Jul 2018 #2

It would be nice to have Kennedy as our President again apkhgp Jul 2018 #3

It was so sad. And he was young, good looking, a war hero, smart. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #4

I think that was the same apkhgp Jul 2018 #5

Kennedy averaged a 70% approval rating during his presidency dflprincess Jul 2018 #6

My mother told me that about 40 years ago. And then I read that. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #8

His approval rating dropped to 44% in the south dflprincess Jul 2018 #10

I didn't say he was unpopular. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #11

Indeed. Kennedy's average approval rating was over 70% Snellius Jul 2018 #9

Sigh. That's simply not true. Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #12

70+% was the average Snellius Jul 2018 #15

What's Trump's average? What was Clinton's average? Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #16

Highs and lows relative to what? Snellius Jul 2018 #17

Harry Truman proposed universal health care in 1945 Buzz cook Jul 2018 #7

It's a pity that didn't pass. Ironically, it may have made Americans healthier... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #13

Teddy Roosevelt's 1912 run mentioned area51 Jul 2018 #14