The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: happyg on December 21, 2013, 12:21:41 am
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More voters have a positive opinion of former President George W. Bush than President Barack Obama, according to the latest Fox News Poll. But former President Bill Clinton is liked best of the three.
The poll finds 50 percent of voters have a favorable opinion of Bush, while 47 percent have an unfavorable view.
By contrast, Obama has a net negative rating: 46 percent have a favorable opinion of him, while 52 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
Views of Clinton are far more positive: 70 percent favorable vs. 26 percent unfavorable. That gives him a huge net positive rating (+ 44 points).
The two former presidents and President Obama attended the memorial service for South African leader Nelson Mandela on December 11, and Bush joined Obama on Air Force One for the flight to Johannesburg.
Obama’s favorable rating has been more positive than negative for almost his entire presidency. However, in the last few months, during the botched health care roll-out, opinion of Obama has reversed.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/12/20/poll-more-voters-bush-obama (http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/12/20/poll-more-voters-bush-obama)
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I think that, generally speaking, the longer it's been since a person was president, the higher that person's favorability ratings go.