Presidential Job Performance Ratings

Originally posted on November 27, 2005

President Clinton – Lowest Job Performance Ratings

6/21-24/93
CBS/NYT
39

6/18-21/93
Gallup
39

6/18-21/93
USA Today/CNN
39

6/17-21/93
Yank/TIME/CNN
37

6/5-6/93
Gallup
37

6/5-6/93
USA Today/CNN
37

6/1-3/93
CBS/NYT
38

5/27-29/93
CBS/NYT
37

5/26-27/93
Yank/TIME/CNN
36

Source: The Roper Center

President Bush – Lowest Job Performance Ratings

11/11-13/05
Gallup/CNN/USA
37

11/10-11/05
PSRA/Newsweek
36

11/8-9/05
Fox/OpinDynamics
36

11/3-6/05
PSRA/PEW
36

10/30-11/1/05
CBS
35

10/30-11/2/05
ABC/WP
38

10/28-29/05
ABC/WP
39

10/18-21/05
ARG
38

10/13-16/05
Gallup/CNN/USA
39

10/08-10/05
NBC/WSJ
39

10/06-11/05
PSRA/Pew
38

10/03-5/05
CBS
37

9/18-21/05
ARG
37

9/08-09/05
PSRA/Newsweek
38

8/18-21/05
ARG
36

Source: The Roper Center

Hmm-mm, I knew something was quite fishy when I saw some of these statistics floating around on the net. They weren't phoney at all, they were real but there were something missing... the posting dates of the statistics. The reason why I posted this is because some bloggers had been misleading some of their readers on the facts of presidential approval ratings. President Clinton's lowest approval ratings occurred in his first term as the President of the U.S.A. while President Bush is experiencing it right now in his second term.

Some of these bloggers clearly had an agenda and left out the fact that President Clinton experienced these low ratings only in the first couple years as the president and after that, it never went below the 40s again. It's quite childish that some people are foaming at their mouths whenever the name Clinton is mentioned.

Shame on the bloggers for misleading their readers. Sure, they stated the facts, but they also left out the dates of when these statistics were posted. The relevance of dates is not to be underestimated. Just because President Clinton isn't well liked by some of the voters doesn't mean they should butcher up the facts to make it look better.

For God's sake, grow up. This isn't a schoolyard.