# He's at 19

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440 "2008-09-27T03:39:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440/1 "2008-09-27T03:39:52Z")

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As some of you may recall, I’ve had a minor obsession with George Bush’s approval ratings over the last three years. In 2005, I savagely mocked him for reaching 37%, which everyone agreed was a remarkably low number. Since then, as I predicted, he’s continued to plunge steadily. Earlier this year he hit 21%, which, if I recall correctly, put him in a tie with Truman for the title of least popular President ever (at least since they started taking polls.)

Now, however, he has reached 19 percent:  
[http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/](http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/)

Congratulations, Mr. Bush. Your place in history is secured.

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**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440/2 "2008-09-27T13:43:58Z")

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Yay!😃

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**Author:** ![Dolukhanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dolukhanova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolukhanova)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440/3 "2008-09-27T21:30:51Z")

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> [@ITR\_champion](#):
>
> As some of you may recall, I’ve had a minor obsession with George Bush’s approval ratings over the last three years. In 2005, I savagely mocked him for reaching 37%, which everyone agreed was a remarkably low number. Since then, as I predicted, he’s continued to plunge steadily. Earlier this year he hit 21%, which, if I recall correctly, put him in a tie with Truman for the title of least popular President ever (at least since they started taking polls.)
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> Now, however, he has reached 19 percent:  
> [Trump Job Approvals and The National Economy](http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/)
> 
> Congratulations, Mr. Bush. Your place in history is secured.

I find it mildly comical that, in light of your obsession, you failed to notice that this same organization had him at 19% approval in February 2008 as well. Just think of all the excitement you missed out on back then!

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-at-19/465440/4 "2008-09-27T23:30:33Z")

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I do hope [this fellow](http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm) will update his graph at least one last time.