How Obama's approval ratings stack up with history

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President Barack Obama's once sky-high approval ratings have been on a steady slide, but how do they stack up to say, Nixon, or Carter?

TalkingPointsMemo.com has compiled an interactive graphic from Gallup Poll data that shows you - month by month - just how the current president's ratings compare to past chief executives. The graph, which initially looks little like a Jackson Pollock painting, can be broken out by president.

Despite much being made of Obama's ratings slide, according to TPM:

...an analysis of Gallup's presidential polling data, the general trend of Obama's approval ratings closely resemble those of other modern Presidents over their first two years in office. (read more)

Check out the slideshow and see for yourself:

Posted By: Chris Preovolos (Email) | Dec 09 at 11:30 AM

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