# Presidential Approval Ratings

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 21, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816 "2010-01-21T07:56:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Venetian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/aeb1de/32.png) [@Venetian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venetian)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816/1 "2010-01-21T07:56:21Z")

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Is 50% considered “rock solid” support?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816/2 "2010-01-21T10:47:11Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816/3 "2010-01-21T12:25:27Z")

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If a tsunami kills half the country

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-approval-ratings/525816/4 "2010-01-21T13:30:14Z")

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This isn’t a debate, so I’m closing it. [Further arguments can be found here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=548645)