* Truman early huge drop: end of WW2 patriotism & strike wave of 1945–1946
* Truman continuous drop: 1950-53 Korean War & 1951 dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur
* Johnson continuous drop: Vietnam war & ghetto riots
* Nixon huge drop: 1972 Watergate scandal & 1973 oil crisis & 1973–1975 recession
* Ford drop: 1974 presidential pardon to Nixon
* Carter drop: 1979 energy crisis
* Reagan drop: 1986 Iran–Contra affair
* Bush rise: 1990-91 Gulf War patriotism
* Bush huge drop: recession & he instituted new taxes after promising he wouldn’t
* GW Bush huge rise: 9/11
* GW Bush continuous drop: 2003 Iraq war & 2005 Hurricane Katrina handling & 2008 financial crisis
(a) Based on my research, mainly on Wikipedia. No need to say, I’m not an historian, so please feel free to add or correct this list.
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History will likely be far kinder to Obama than people were during his term.
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Data source: [https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx](https://news.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx)
Tools: Matlab & Powerpoint
Inspired by a previous post 8 years ago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/88080t](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/88080t)
Key events explaining the rises and drops^((a)):
* Truman early huge drop: end of WW2 patriotism & strike wave of 1945–1946
* Truman continuous drop: 1950-53 Korean War & 1951 dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur
* Johnson continuous drop: Vietnam war & ghetto riots
* Nixon huge drop: 1972 Watergate scandal & 1973 oil crisis & 1973–1975 recession
* Ford drop: 1974 presidential pardon to Nixon
* Carter drop: 1979 energy crisis
* Reagan drop: 1986 Iran–Contra affair
* Bush rise: 1990-91 Gulf War patriotism
* Bush huge drop: recession & he instituted new taxes after promising he wouldn’t
* GW Bush huge rise: 9/11
* GW Bush continuous drop: 2003 Iraq war & 2005 Hurricane Katrina handling & 2008 financial crisis
(a) Based on my research, mainly on Wikipedia. No need to say, I’m not an historian, so please feel free to add or correct this list.
History will likely be far kinder to Obama than people were during his term.