With four full months to Election Day, it’s too early to call the race, especially between two highly competitive people who will run cutthroat campaigns
Like it or not Hillary Clinton will still be riding President Obama’s coattails in the November election
Ever since the Gallup Poll began tracking presidential approval ratings in 1945 there has been only one US president who has left office with a higher ranking than when he entered and his name was Clinton. Bill Clinton to be precise.
While presidents such as John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan managed to hold their own during their terms of office without too many ups and downs most presidents experience wide swings — usually to the downside.
President Obama peaked way too soon.
His highest approval rating of over 60% came in his first week of office when he enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus to bail out the economy. It is a figure he never came close to surpassing. Even after knocking off Osama bin Laden in 2011 Obama’s approval rating did not top 50% which is right where it is today.
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