Obama’s ratings start to come down

While Barack Obama continues to receive marks that would please any president, his ratings are starting to come down to earth a bit.
One month into Obama’s term 60 percent of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, down from 65 percent three weeks ago (27-28 January 2009). Similarly, the portion of people [...]

Obama news conference ratings, new fiasco

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 49 million Americans watched President Barack Obama’s first White House news conference on broadcast and cable television, according to ratings figures released on Tuesday.
 
The one-hour, prime-time news conference on Monday was shown live on all four major U.S. broadcasters and on cable news channels, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News Channel [...]

Obama approval ratings fiasco

The Two more important decisions taken for Barack Hussein Obama are disapproved by Americans
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The public does not agree with everything Obama has done, however. For example, more Americans say they disapprove (50%) than approve (44%) of his decision to order the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba within a year.
Further, [...]

Obama’s popularity fades?

The Obama inauguration was watched by 37.8 million, second only to Reagan’s 41.8 million in 1981.
Obama’s figures include telecasts on 17 broadcast and cable networks, while Reagan’s swearing-in ceremony nearly three decades ago could only be seen on ABC, CBS and NBC.

1981 – Ronald Reagan – 41.8 million
1977 – Jimmy Carter – 34.1 million
1973 – [...]