A random date would be helpful if we didn’t have a totality of data for every day of each modern president’s term. We do. And it tells a consistent story.
When you include the first 100 days data in the average, it skews the set. When you include 911 and the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in the average for Shrub, it skews the set. Look at the trend line. It’s abysmal!
It should also be noted that presidential approval is trending downward regardless of president or party since Bush I.
