Monday, November 10, 2014

Chart of the Day

Found at Doug's:


Anyone know the story about Eisenhower's numbers above? 

I'm assuming Vietnam and Watergate are behind Ford's numbers. 

And Reagan's anti-communism diligence obviously riled the Democrats into action.

Is it just a measure of partisanship?

Out of the 13 presidents listed above (and 44 total), nine were president in my lifetime.  I'm not sure what to think of that. 
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:46 PM

    Direct involvement in Vietnam ended in August 73.

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  2. WiseCaveOwl3:10 AM

    as to Eisenhower's off years, simply a reversion to the "2-Party" mean: look at the net FDR+Truman losses. Put another way, by consolidating New Deal socialism instead of getting rid of it (see also: Republicans, Bush41 et. seq)...Ike preserved the Democrat New Deal coalition. This is why Republicans are so widely known as the "Stupid Party"

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