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Bill Clinton left office with a 60+% approval rating, higher than Reagan when he left. Bill won both elections with 370+ electoral votes. I think the American p
by akhilcacharya 7y ago
Bill Clinton left office with a 60+% approval rating, higher than Reagan when he left. Bill won both elections with 370+ electoral votes. I think the American people were mostly pleased.
- YinglingLight 7y agoHindsight is a helluva thing
- newfriend 7y agoPublic opinion often has very little to do with what is actually good for the country.
- melling 7y agoGDP and jobs grew more under Clinton than Reagan too. They were definitely good years for the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/ranking-presidents-economic-records-by-gdp-growth https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-08-01/rankin...
- mensetmanusman 7y agoSugar high as we sold out the middle class (look at any wage data)
- adventured 7y agoThat's cherry picking numbers somewhat. Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Contrast that with Obama's 52.9% in 2008 and 51.1% in 2012. Or Reagan's 50.4% in 1980 and 58.8% smashing in 1984. Reagan was obviously a lot more popular with the electorate than Bill Clinton and it shows in the only way that ultimately matters: votes. Approval ratings are at best bullshit, at worst they're aggressive propaganda from the corporate media machine to favor their candidates.
- gowld 7y agoVotes are not a measure of approval. They are a measure of preference within a highly constrained ballot and FPTP game theory.
- zimpenfish 7y ago> Clinton never got a majority of the popular vote. A mere 43% in 1992 and 49.2% in 1996. Doesn't change your point, really, but for completion, a Clinton also got a non-majority 48.2% in 2016.