What Happened to Reagan's approval rating when he was shot?

[merh]

Did the "assasination attempt" make his approval ratings go up?

:think: Just wondering ..... what if that is all they intend to do, create an attempt an assasination? They claim that is what Al Qaeda is threatening to do.

:shrug:

[expatriot]

1. 73% in March 1981

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/Polls/reagan_ratings_poll_040607.html

"Reagan's ratings while in office rose and fell sharply with events. Approval peaked at 73 percent after he was wounded in a March 1981 assassination attempt, but tumbled to 42 percent in the early '80s recessions (unemployment hit a 40-year high in 1982)."

[merh]

2. Thanks for the link.

Would the sympathy rating carry him?