Talk:United States Presidential approval rating

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[edit] Things to add

I don't have time to add to articles, but a good idea would be to put up some generalizations as to what effect events such as war, crises, economic trends, and other factors have on presidential approval ratings - perhaps even two lists of things that increase or decrease them on a regular basis. Tholex 16:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Also... there is such a thing as a Congressional Approval Rating which I feel should be added to this. Here is the URL for the most recent Gallup Poll for Congress: http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=27589
I agree with Tholex, if that is the person who added the Congressional Approval Rating, It seems we are focusing too much on a president who has higher approval rating then the Congress. Alec92 (talk) 20:59, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harris and Zogby polls

The Harris Poll uses the question "How would you rate the overall job President Bush is doing as president, excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor".
Those saying excellent and pretty good are added.
Those saying only fair and poor are added (those saying fair probably too).
The additions are published.
The word approval is never mentionned.
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=764

The Zogby Poll uses the question "Overall, how would you rate President Bush's performance on the job?".
Those saying excellent and good are added.
Those saying fair and poor are added.
The additions are published.
The word approval is never mentionned.
http://www.zogby.com/news/wf-Zogbyshort.pdf
--Jean-Francois Landry 23:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Average aproval

What about the highest and lowest averages? AJUK Talk!! 17:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Possible vandalism???

Dudes, I question the authenticity of the record for "second equal lowest" approval rating that apparently the Great Bush holds with 20% approval. It would appear to be from a batch of vandalous (sp?) edits which also gave President Clinton the record for highest approval rating (95%). Someone should roll that back. I'd do it myself but I like seeing it there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.41.39.31 (talk) 02:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lowest Ever

It appears that the 19% approval rating for Bush is an error. I cannot find a poll anywhere that lists him as being that low. 28% looks like the lowest from a bipartisan polling firm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.62.143.191 (talk) 16:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Graph legends?

It appears most of the graphs are using the same green/yellow/red color-coding scheme but nowhere in the article (nor in the image description pages themselves) is it explained... Pimlottc (talk) 23:03, 22 April 2008 (UTC)