“With gridlock the norm, Congress's approval rating is below 10 percent and the public has lost faith in its national leadership.” LostLeadershipPercentCongressApprovalNormRatingLost FaithApproval RatingGridlock Author:Ron Fournier
“The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.” GivingStillsStatesReasonFacesPresidentPercentHeatPresident ObamaGravityApprovalRomneyRatingBoostElectorateDefyingBattlegroundApproval RatingDefying Gravity Author:Mara Liasson
“This is partly a function of approval ratings. People pay attention [to polls] and start saying, 'Lets take a more independent tack.' It is frankly self-interest, self-preservation.” PeopleSelfInterestPayAttentionFunctionIndependentPay AttentionApprovalPreservationPollsSelf InterestRatingSelf PreservationApproval Rating Author:John Thune
“A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good old days.” YearsPresidentShotsYears AgoCourtVicesSupremeApprovalSupreme CourtRatingVice PresidentApproval RatingGood Ol Days Author:George W. Bush
“A congressman from Texas sent out a tweet comparing President Obama to Hitler. That is ridiculous because at this point in his career Hitler had a much higher approval rating.” PresidentCareersHigherRidiculousCompareTexasPresident ObamaApprovalTweetRatingCongressmanApproval Rating Author:Conan O'Brien
“Don't wait on approval, validation and likes from others - always give yourself the highest of approval ratings and work from there. Hold your head up and be fabulous no matter what!” GivingMatterWaitingHighestNo Matter WhatLikesApprovalFabulousRatingValidationHeads UpApproval Rating Author:Jody Watley
“The L.A. Times reports that al Qaeda terrorists have been traced to Iran, and President Bush is talking tough. In fact he said he will attack the minute he has evidence his approval rating is under 45 percent.” Has BeensSaidFactsPresidentTalkingMinutesPercentEvidenceToughTerroristReportsIranAlsApprovalPresident BushRatingAl QaedaApproval Rating Author:Jay Leno
“Ironically, the possibility that the president dodged his military service has increased his approval ratings with Democrats by 80 percent.” PresidentMilitaryPossibilityPercentDemocratApprovalRatingMilitary ServiceApproval Rating Author:Craig Kilborn
“George W. Bush's approval ratings have plummeted as Americans realize that it's not gay marriage that's destroying the country, but rather the president, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice and the rest of the gang in the White House. They're the ones who've taken us to war based on lies and have irreparably damaged the nation's integrity.” WarCountryLyingHouseNationsPresidentRealizingWhiteTakenIntegrityGayWhite HouseDestroyingApprovalGangGay MarriageRiceRatingApproval Rating Author:Michelangelo Signorile
“Politicians in their hubris who believe they can ignore debt or wish it away are sorely disappointed - as we see now with the plummeting approval ratings of both the administration and Congress.” BelieveWishPoliticianCongressDebtAdministrationDisappointedApprovalRatingHubrisApproval Rating Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.” RealityFacesNationsApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Garrison Keillor
“The fact is that the two years or so after 9/11 were a terrible time in America – a time of political exploitation and intimidation, culminating in the deliberate misleading of the nation into the invasion of Iraq. It’s probably worth pointing out that I’m not saying anything now that I wasn’t saying in real time back then, when Bush had a sky-high approval rating and any criticism was denounced as treason. And there’s nothing I’ve done in my life of which I’m more proud.” YearsTwoRealDoneFactsAmericaPoliticalNationsSkyProudTerribleCriticismIraqTwo YearsApprovalExploitationPointingDeliberateInvasionMisleadRatingTreasonIntimidationTerrible TimesApproval RatingSky High Author:Paul Krugman
“The president is not doing well with African Americans. His popularity rating - his approval rating - with blacks: two percent. Two percent. That is somewhere between Mark Fuhrman and sickle cell anemia.” WellsTwoPresidentPercentMarkCellsAfrican AmericanApprovalPopularityRatingApproval RatingAnemiaSickle Cell Author:Bill Maher
“A critical component of White House Scandal Defense 101 is rallying the partisan base. This keeps approval ratings in territory where the wheels don't start falling off. The way to achieve this goal is you go negative and you don't let up. If you're always attacking your accusers, the debate becomes one of Democrat vs. Republican, rather than right vs. wrong. Anyone who questions the legality of the decision to wiretap thousands of Americans unlawfully is attacked, as either an enabler of terrorists or a bitter partisan trying to distract a president at war.” IfsWayTryingWarFallHouseGoalPresidentWhiteDecisionAchieveRepublicanNegativeDemocratCriticalDefenseDebateTerroristBitterWheelsWhite HouseTerritoryApprovalComponentsScandalAttackingRatingPartisansFalling OffLegalityAccusersRallyingApproval RatingEnablers Author:Bob Barr
“The United States has launched airstrikes against ISIS. It's being called 'Operation Approval Ratings.'” StatesUnitedUnited StatesOperationsApprovalIsisRatingApproval Rating Author:David Letterman
“Who knows if John McCain could have won that presidential campaign [2008] in any circumstances when George W. Bush the outgoing Republican president had a 22 percent approval rating.” IfsKnowsPresidentCircumstancesRepublicanPercentCampaignsPresidentialApprovalRatingMccainOutgoingPresidential CampaignApproval Rating Author:Rachel Maddow
“It's not going to do anything. And it really is disappointing because the president has an opportunity here to work with organizations like the NRA, who have actually done a lot of significant work when it comes to actually keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. Hillary Clinton can attack the NRA all she wants, the fact is that the NRA has a higher approval rating than Hillary Clinton does when it comes to trustworthiness, that's for sure.” WantDoeDoneFactsHandsOpportunityPresidentHigherGunOrganizationClintonCriminalsSignificantApprovalRatingDisappointingTrustworthinessNraApproval Rating Author:Katie Pavlich
“When I left the secretary of state office, I had a 69% approval rating. Once I start running for office and all the incoming you know is battering away, people are going to say, "Hey, wait a minute - what's that mean, what's that mean?" I get all of that, but I don't think we do any service to our country or the voters if we descend into the kind of insult fest that he seems to relish.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindMeanCountryStatesSeemsRunningLeftWaitingMinutesOfficeOur CountryHeyInsultVotersApprovalSecretaryRatingRelishRunning For OfficeApproval RatingBattering Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think they're more looking at these two candidates. It's a band of voters with which neither candidate has very high approval ratings.” ThinkingTwoBandCandidatesVotersApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Bill Burton
“[Donald Trump] gets a 19 percent higher approval rating than [Hillary Clinton] does ,among military members.” DoeMilitaryTrumpHigherMembersPercentClintonApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Eric Bolling
“Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican adversaries could feel emboldened.” IfsFeelsCountryTurnsTrumpRepublicanBattleOfficeLowsApprovalAdversariesRatingApproval Rating Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Barack Obama thinks he's universally loved and adored because of that approval rating, which is a lie or a misrepresentation. It's mainly people that don't have the guts to tell a pollster that they disapprove of the job because of the racial component, because whenever Obama's policies are on the ballot, they get skunked! If he's on ballot with them, not so bad.” PeopleIfsThinkingJobsLyingPolicyBarackGutsApprovalComponentsRatingBallotsMisrepresentationApproval Rating Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To me, polls are like approval ratings for presidents are like an offensive line, right. And if an offensive line is weak, that means the defense is empowered and emboldened.” IfsMeanPresidentLinesWeakDefenseApprovalOffensivePollsEmpoweredRatingApproval RatingOffensive Line Author:Matthew Dowd
“The president's [Donald Trump] approval rating is much higher than the media's approval rating and Congress' approval rating, for that matter.” MatterPresidentMediaTrumpHigherCongressApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Steve Jobs had something like a 90% approval rating from his employees. You hear stories about him being this short-tempered, aggressive person, which he was. But he was in the pursuit of making people around him better, so the product they created would be better.” PeoplePersonsStoriesWould BeJobsProductsPursuitEmployeeAggressiveApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Ashton Kutcher
“At a time when our country is waging two wars, approval ratings for Congress are at historic lows, unemployment is at a 70-year high and financial institutions have collapsed around us, I can't imagine anyone seriously opposing a National Day of Prayer.” YearsI CanTwoWarCountryPrayerImagineLowsInstitutionsFinancialCongressOur CountryApprovalUnemploymentHistoricOpposingRatingFinancial InstitutionsApproval RatingNational Day Of Prayer Author:Franklin Graham
“We all know why [the generals] are so critical of the defense secretary. They're being defensive because they weren't able to implement his brilliant plan [on screen: Operation 'Greet Us As Liberators']. It was so simple: Go in with 100,000 troops, topple the regime, everybody loves us, and we leave by Easter 2003. These ex-military men have their right to their opinions, that's fine. They just shouldn't voice them during a war [on screen: 'Loose Lips Sink Approval Ratings']” KnowsMenWarAbleVoiceSimpleOpinionPlansMilitaryFineLipsCriticalDefenseBrilliantScreensOperationsRegimesApprovalTroopsSecretaryEasterExesRatingMilitary ManLiberatorsApproval Rating Author:Stephen Colbert
“I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. And reality has a well-known liberal bias.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWellsRealityGuyPayAttentionKnownPay AttentionCollectionsStatisticsApprovalBiasWell KnownPollsRatingApproval Rating Author:Stephen Colbert
“We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!” WantDoeHappensGuyLostPresidentJusticeActingKingsDadInvolvedPercentAppreciateCongressDepartmentApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Dan Burton
“Is it any wonder, why the approval ratings of the Congress go up every time we go into recess?” WonderAppreciateCongressApprovalRatingAggravationRecessApproval Rating Author:Robert Byrd
“She's leaving when the president has one of the highest approval ratings on record. From here, it can only go down. And when it does, you know who they're going to blame. They're gonna blame Andy Card!” KnowsDoePresidentRecordsHighestAppreciateDown AndBlameLeavingCardsApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Andrew Card
“First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has been supplanted in the public's mind by corporate scandals, stock market declines, and a growing sense of economic insecurity.” MindFirstsHas BeensWarJobsGrowingWeekEconomicMonthsAppreciateTerrorismCorporateInsecurityTrendsDeclineApprovalScandalRatingWar On TerrorWar On TerrorismApproval Rating Author:Thomas E. Mann
“President Obama’s approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the United States.” StatesPresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesLowsPresident ObamaApprovalRatingAccusingApproval Rating Author:Jay Leno
“The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls.” PeopleBelieveMadeSoulCountryLostI BelievePayPrayingPaidMinistersJapanPrimeApprovalPrime MinisterRatingShrinesApproval Rating Author:Shinzo Abe
“President Bush's approval ratings have taken somewhat of a dive. A senior slump, if you will. Leading President Bush to one conclusion: He is the only one who realizes what a great job he's being doing.” IfsJobsPresidentRealizingTakenConclusionApprovalSeniorPresident BushRatingGreat JobSlumpsApproval Rating Author:Jon Stewart
“President Bush delivered his first State of the Union address, riding high on an 82-percent approval rating, and with Attorney General John Ashcroft dispatching agents to interview the other 18 percent.” FirstsStatesPresidentPercentUnionsAgentsInterviewsAddressesRidingApprovalPresident BushAttorneyRatingApproval Rating Author:Jon Stewart
“To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it.” BelieveImportantEndsShowsI BelieveResultsRecordsPromiseAppreciateTrackMinistersThe End Of The DayServingPrimeApprovalPrime MinisterRatingRoller CoasterCoastersTrack RecordApproval Rating Author:Shinzo Abe