Sunday, June 06, 2004

Sadly, No

Sorry, Senator, but you're just wrong.

Fellow GOP Sen. John Cornyn called Mr. Reagan "one of our greatest presidents." - an assessment shared by more and more historians over the years. "He left the Oval Office as the most popular president in the modern era. Ronald Reagan loved America - and America loved him back."

Not according to Gallup, anyway.


Clinton's final Gallup polls before leaving office:

12/15-17/00 66 32 2

1/05-07/01 65 31 4

1/10-14/01 66 29 5


Reagan's:

10/21-24/88 51 38 11

11/11-14/88 57 35 8

12/27-29/88 63 29 8


This graphic from Professor Pollkatz tells the full story.