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In the United States, presidential job approval ratings were first conducted by George Gallup (estimated to be 1937) to gauge public support for the president of the United States during their term. An approval rating is a percentage determined by polling which indicates the percentage of respondents to an opinion poll who approve of a ...
On November 4, 2008, Obama was elected president and Biden vice president of the United States. [11] The Obama-Biden ticket won 365 electoral college votes to McCain-Palin's 173, [12] and had a 53–46 percent edge in the nationwide popular vote. [13]
President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated William F. Jung, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. President Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Karen Gren Scholer, a Republican, as a U.S. federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
The speech comes as Obama plans to increase his political activity this fall to support Democrats up and down the ticket. 20.3 million viewers tuned into the DNC on Monday
Obama’s flurry of public recent appearances sparked debate about where he fits in an American political landscape that has changed so dramatically in the six years since he left the White House.
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
In a CNN/ORC poll conducted after the convention, 54% of Americans said they approved of Obama's job performance. Obama's approval rating is near its highest point ever -- and that could be a big ...
According to the United States Office of Government Ethics, a political appointee is "any employee who is appointed by the President, the Vice President, or agency head". [1] As of 2016, there were around 4,000 political appointment positions which an incoming administration needs to review, and fill or confirm, of which about 1,200 require ...