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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]
The table below shows that the two groups had only small differences in ranking the best and worst presidents. Both groups agreed on the composition of nine of the top ten presidents (and were split over the inclusion of either Lyndon B. Johnson or Dwight D. Eisenhower) and six of the worst seven (split over Jimmy Carter or Calvin Coolidge).
In April 1978, polling showed that Carter's approval rating had declined precipitously, and a Gallup survey found Carter trailing Ted Kennedy for the 1980 Democratic nomination. [238] By mid-1979, Carter faced an energy crisis, rampant inflation, slow economic growth, and the widespread perception that his administration was incompetent. [239]
Positive views of former President Jimmy Carter and his presidency have risen since he left office
The hostage crisis — along with increased inflation — weighed on Carter's approval ratings and contributed to Carter’s loss to Ronald Reagan in 1980. 'It was impossible not to like Jimmy Carter'
Reagan had low approval ratings early in his first term, [17] but by 1983 the economy had improved enough to give him a boost for re-election. His challenger was former Vice President Walter Mondale, who advocated a nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment and a balanced budget.
These ratings aren’t set in stone. Carter did see a bump in his approval rating in early 1980 that coincided with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. But it was temporary.
Poll source Date(s) administered Ronald Reagan (R) Jimmy Carter (D) John Anderson (I) Other Undecided Margin Gallup [1]: March 31 – April 3, 1978 46%