http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/298 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:47:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/298/comment-page-1#comment-14193 tom Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:58:39 +0000 http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/298#comment-14193 Here's an interesting graph of presidential approval ratings over time, since Truman: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html. His low ratings almost don't count, coming in a pre-TV, less polarized age. Nixon's hardly need explaining. Even during Carter's years people were less polarized, and Democrats were more willing to say "this guy's not doing the job" than Republicans are today. Here’s an interesting graph of presidential approval ratings over time, since Truman: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-presapp0605-31.html. His low ratings almost don’t count, coming in a pre-TV, less polarized age. Nixon’s hardly need explaining. Even during Carter’s years people were less polarized, and Democrats were more willing to say “this guy’s not doing the job” than Republicans are today.

]]> http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/298/comment-page-1#comment-13925 Alistair Wood Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:14:11 +0000 http://tom-mcgee.com/blog/archives/298#comment-13925 If I remember correctly, back in the days of Watergate, about one-third of people still thought Nixon was telling the truth, which is about Bush's approval rating as well. So seems about a quarter to a third of people will believe anything. If I remember correctly, back in the days of Watergate, about one-third of people still thought Nixon was telling the truth, which is about Bush’s approval rating as well. So seems about a quarter to a third of people will believe anything.

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