Raven Clabough
There is more bad news for the administration, as a new Quinnipiac University poll shows that Barack Obama (shown right front) has been pegged the worst president since World War II, surpassing even George W. Bush, who left the office with just a 34-percent approval rating, according to Gallup.
In the Quinnipiac poll, which surveyed 1,446 registered voters, 33 percent said Obama is the worst president since World War II, while 28 percent selected Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, for that title.
MSN News reported, “Voters were split over which of the two most recent presidents has done a better job with 39 percent saying Obama has been a better president than Bush and 40 percent saying Obama is worse.”
Interestingly enough, it seems that Obama’s presidency helped to boost former President George W. Bush’s approval rating. A 2013 Washington Post-ABC News poll revealed that approximately 47 percent of those polled approve of how Bush handled his presidency, while 50 percent disapprove. That is an almost 15-percent increase in approval from the time he left the White House.
And a June 2014 Gallup poll shows that George W. Bush’s favorability rate is at 53 percent. That survey reveals that all living former presidents enjoy a favorability rate of over 50 percent, while Obama’s presently stands at 47 percent. According to that particular poll, Bill Clinton has the highest favorability rating of all living presidents – 64 percent – with George H.W. Bush coming in just behind him with 63 percent.