claim: george w. bush was "the least popular president in modern history."
author: dana milbank
evidence_1: not all u.s. presidents are missed once they leave the white house.
evidence_2: franklin d. roosevelt still ranked in the top three, but editor james taranto noted that democratic-leaning scholars rated george w. bush the sixth-worst president of all time, while republican scholars rated him the sixth-best, giving him a split-decision rating of "average". a 2006 siena college poll of 744 professors ...
evidence_3: dec 8, 2016 ... at around this point in 2008, gallup put obama's favorable rating at 68 percent; that figure was 59 percent for george w. bush in mid-december 2000, and 58 percent for bill clinton in november 1992. and when voters are asked to judge trump's performance as president-elect, he gets even worse marks.
evidence_4: jan 17, 2017 ... donald trump is the least popular president-elect in modern history. trump, naturally, dismissed the latest polls as ... obama, by contrast, took the oath of office with 78 percent favorability; george w. bush entered office at 62 percent, and bill clinton at 66 percent. while about 82 percent of republicans ...
evidence_5: jan 29, 2017 ... trump reached majority disapproval faster than any president in modern history. ... it took 3 years for george w. bush to hit 50% disapproval. ... nearly every modern president has, at one time or another, reached the point at which at least 50 percent of the country disapproved of his job performance as ...