What were Clinton's approval ratings during the impeachment?

[kohodog]

Just wondering, but I suspect they were higher than Shrub, the guy with the mandate. I hope Frist goes nuclear and the Senate gets bogged down. This may be the best way to stop tort reform, the energy bill and all the other bad laws they want to pass, as well as reactionary Supreme court nominees. They only need to shut the spigot for 18 months until we can regroup.

[Zuni]

1. close to 70!

Some of his best ratings during his 8 yrs

[FreedomAngel82]

2. I'm not sure

But I remember on MSNBC watching Tom Brokaw's exit video he had on all he's seen in twenty-two years and he showed himself interviewing Bush and it was just after the election. He said Clinton had an approval raiting of 60% and he asked Bush what he thought. He said: "I'm President now" and he shrugged his shoulders and had a look like "so what?"

[Rainscents]

3. I believe, it was around 68%

I heard, Clinton was most popular president since JFK and FDR. Hummmmm, it looks they are all Liberal!

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Nice

And what is surprising, to me anyways, is this was even after the Monica thing! No matter what those people did to him people still liked him and what he did for our country.

[deacon]

11. yes, 68% n/t

[rzemanfl]

5. Here's a bunch:

Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job as president?"
Approve Disapprove No Opinion


1/10-14/01 66 29 5 1,004
1/5-7/01 65 31 4 1,018
12/15-17/00 66 32 2 1,011
12/2-4/00 60 35 5 1,026
11/13-15/00 63 33 4 1,028
10/6-9/00 58 37 5 1,052
9/11-13/00 60 34 6
8/29 - 9/3/00 62 35 3
8/18-19/00 62 35 3 1,043
8/11-12/00 58 39 3 1,023
8/4-5/00 57 40 3 1,051
12/9-12/99 61 34 5 2,014
10/23-25/99 60 34 6 1,003
9/9-12/99 58 37 5 2,025
7/24-26/99 63 32 5 1,007
6/16-19/99 58 37 5 2,011
4/17-19/99 58 36 6 1,006
3/4-7/99 66 31 3 2,012
1/16-18/99 68 29 3 1,011
12/19/98 ^ 72 25 3 510
12/15/98 * 68 28 4 507
12/3-6/98 65 31 4 2,106
10/24-27/98 68 29 3 1,025RV

Sorry this lost the formatting when I pasted it. Last number is sample size. RV= Registered voters.
http://www.pollingreport.com/clinton-.htm
Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll

[rzemanfl]

6. What the hell happened here?

Poll: Clinton's approval rating up in wake of impeachment
December 20, 1998
Web posted at: 10:48 p.m. EST (0348 GMT)
(AllPolitics, December 20) -- In the wake of the House of Representatives' approval of two articles of impeachment, Bill Clinton's approval rating has jumped 10 points to 73 percent, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows.

That's not only an all-time high for Clinton, it also beats the highest approval rating President Ronald Reagan ever had.

At the same time, the number of Americans with an unfavorable view of the Republican Party has jumped 10 points; less than a third of the country now has a favorable view of the GOP.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/20/impeachment.poll/

[bigwillq]

7. So what the hell did we do wrong

in just a few short years?

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[rzemanfl]

8. Absolutely beats the hell out of me. How could the public go

from only a third having a favorable view of the Rethugs in late 1998 to going along with the Supremes appointing * and then some substantial number of them voting for * in 2004? I think the election rigging was even greater than we now think and started sooner.

[bigwillq]

12. But even if the rigging was greater

I still sense a feeling that the tide has turned favorably towards the repuke party. Not only in the media, which of course kisses the repukes asses, but in general. I heard that there are now more registered repukes than DEMS for the first time in many, many years.
Why?

Is our outspokeness turning people away? I am not for, 100% not for, holding back on the issues I and what I think the DEM party believes in but some people here say that we should be more central and not far left.

I just don't got how the repukes have taking total control in such a short time period. Brainwashing is the only theory I could come up with.

[rzemanfl]

13. Brainwashing, subliminal messages, media whores and rigged

voting. Dirty tricks, bribery and intimidation. Fear mongering and wedge issues. LIHOP. Orange alerts.

[Rainscents]

14. I am in agreement with you... Only way we will be able to take back

our democray is taking it to street with "O" color.

[kohodog]

15. I fear it's all about the money

Many corporate execs have democratic ideals, especially on social issues (don't flame me), but the bottom line is the only thing that really counts. So Clinton went centrist to tap into the money, and passed NAFTA and went after the corporate dough.

Rove went after the fundies and a conservative agenda to build a base of voters and rebut the leakage that was happening due to Clinton's shift. They are acquiescing to them now on the judge issue even though a majority of judges are Republican. This is all about votes and consolidating their power and has nothing to do with their religious beliefs.

Does anyone really believe Georg re Bush is a fundamentalist Christian? He seems like a man with no morals taking the path he is told to.

[bigwillq]

16. But that kills me the most-

Shrub is about as moral as Playboy but the American public seems to be inarmored with him. Let's not think those who favor Shrub are all that foolish, they have read and heard about Shrub's troubled past with drugs, alcohol, going AWOL but they still think he stands just below Jeesus. WTF? That really pisses me off.

I don't think much is going to change, especially if 51% of the American public is going to think and vote this way.

[Tracyjo]

9. I think we used the wrong voting machines n/t

[bigwillq]

10. I think so too!

:mad:

[SoCalDem]

17. 60 something for..30 something against.. The SAME percentages

of loonies we have now.. Most controversies break 60-30..we know who9 the 30 are, now don't we:)

They are unfortunately the 30% who go around telling everyone that they are the "majority".:eyes:..and unfortunately they are the "some people", "lots of folks", "most people", etc that the media keeps telling the other 60+% of us...are running the show:(