Obama Approval Rating Third Lowest Among Modern Presidents, Despite What Media Will Tell You

Despite what you may hear in the biased mainstream media, Obama does not have a 'superior' approval rating. Averaging out  at 47% for his entire term, he ranks third from the bottom of all modern day presidents. Even George W. Bush, reviled by today's mainstream media, had a 49% average. Besides Bush, Clinton, Bush H W, Reagan, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Roosevelt and even Ford and Nixon had higher Presidential Approval Ratings! Only (Democrat) Presidents Carter and Truman had lower overall ratings than Obama.  So, next time someone tries to pull one on you pull out this chart and don't let them get away with unscientific statistics, just like today's media does. 

BIASED MEDIA PLAYING WITH NUMBERS AGAIN - OBAMA RATING NOT 'GREAT'

This morning Dana Perino of Fox TV (of all places) was marveling   Obama's 51% approval rating (as of today's date), which we believe she called the 'highest' rating of Presidents.. We have heard others in the media of late also revel in Obama's rating.

In fact , it's another example of mis-characterization of facts and statistics, media bias if you will. Why?

1)  A true Presidential Rating should be the average of a President's' entire term, not cherry-picking one day, e.g.Obama may be artificially high today but could drop 10 points tomorrow due to an event. Even at 51%, Obama would still  rank lower than the averages of  Clinton. GW Bush, Reagan,, Eisenhower and Kennedy averages.

2) Compared against what? Obama and other ratings may appear high compared to Congress' recent 13% approval rating, but in when matched mono amono Obama is right where he probably belongs, third from the bottom among modern day presidents, with only Carter and Truman lower. Even George W. Bush has a higher average rating.