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For example, for President Obama, the computation takes the 145.815 million jobs of February 2017 and subtracts the 133.312 million jobs of February 2009 to arrive at the 12.503 million figure. Four of the top five presidents in terms of total jobs added were Democrats.
Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million." Commenting on his statement, The Economist reported that the difference increased by 5 million thereafter under Barack Obama by 2014. [2] From April 1945 to August 2023, of the 115 million net jobs added, 83 million (72%) were under Democrats and 32 million (28%) were under Republicans. [8]
George W. Bush registered a 90% job approval rating (the highest in Gallup's tracking) shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. [2] Harry S. Truman registered a 22% job approval rating (the lowest in Gallup's tracking) in a survey conducted February 9–14, 1952. [3]
But Obama was able to hand to his successor, Trump, an unemployment rate that had been cut in half, “below the historical norm,” and an economy that had added 11.6 million net jobs.
Trump's approval rating stood at 47% in a January 20-21 poll conducted in th. ... showed 44% of respondents approved of the job Trump is doing as president, down from 45% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll ...
Under Obama, from 2013 through 2016, real GDP growth averaged 2.5% per quarter. Under Trump, during the three years before COVID hit, it averaged 2.8%. Including COVID, GDP growth under Trump ...
Writing in The Washington Post, Phillip Bump explained that for Trump's first term as of September 2019, performance on several key variables was comparable or below Obama's second term (January 2013 – September 2016), as follows: 1) Real GDP was up 7.5% cumulatively under Obama, versus 7.2% under Trump; 2) The total number of jobs was up 5.3 ...
Over the summer, a popular graphic circulated on Facebook stating that "Trump shatter(ed) world history two months in a row," with 2.5 million jobs created in May and 4.8 million jobs...