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Average initial approval Average initial disapproval Net initial approval Average final approval Average final disapproval Net final approval Initial to final change 47: Trump (second presidency) 47 41 +6 — — — — 46: Biden 57.5 37.5 +20 37.9 56.9 -19 -39 45: Trump (first presidency) 45 45 0 41.1 56.1 -15 -14 44: Obama 68.5 12.5 +56 59 ...
According to the Gallup Organization, Obama began his presidency with a 68 percent approval rating, [421] the fifth highest for a president following their swearing in. [422] His ratings remained above the majority level until November 2009 [423] and by August 2010 his approval was in the low 40s, [424] a trend similar to Ronald Reagan's and ...
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
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.
In August 2010, Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. [209] In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize non-medical marijuana , [ 210 ] and six more states legalized recreational marijuana by the time Obama left office. [ 211 ]
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In a CNN/ORC poll conducted after the convention, 54% of Americans said they approved of Obama's job performance. Obama's approval rating is near its highest point ever -- and that could be a big ...
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