“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
“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
“One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?” PeopleWellsDifferentGovernmentPercentSupposed To BeChineseStatisticsApprovalChinese Government Author:Bill Gates
“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
“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
“[Donald Trump] gets a 19 percent higher approval rating than [Hillary Clinton] does ,among military members.” DoeMilitaryTrumpHigherMembersPercentClintonApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Eric Bolling