Gallup: President Obama Falls to a 41% Approval Rating

Watch out President Obama, because you are fast approaching the average approval ratings for a second-term President set by Presidents Bush, Nixon, and Truman.

Second-Term Approval Averages

President	Dates of second term	Ave. Rating
		%
Harry Truman	January 1949-January 1953	36.5
Dwight Eisenhower	January 1957-January 1961	60.5
Lyndon Johnson	January 1965-January 1969	50.3
Richard Nixon	January 1973-August 1974	34.4
Ronald Reagan	January 1985-January 1989	55.3
Bill Clinton	January 1997-January 2001	60.6
George W. Bush	January 2005-January 2009	36.5