Americans are standing in droves beside President Joe Biden after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This is the second time in American history that a president’s rating has increased substantially after a conflict, reminiscent of former president George W. Bush’s sky high support of 90 percent after 9/11.
According to Gallup news, support for president George W. Bush increased tremendously after a nationwide address after 9/11. His address to the nation got him huge public support as he spoke of “a war against terrorism.” He also got the highest ever presidential rating when compared with presidents more than 60 years ago.
The CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll conducted on September 21-22 in 2011 reported a 90 percent approval rate for the then president George W. Bush. Americans across the nation approved of the way Bush had been handling the crisis as the president of the nation.
George W. Bush’s approval ratings by the people of the nation eclipsed that of his father George Bush Sr. as well as that of the 87 percent approval received by President Harry S. Truman. The report also said that Bush’s record address to the nation was seen live by almost three-fourths of all Americans and 14 percent watched excerpts of his speech or its rebroadcast.
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Marist College/NPR/PBS NewsHour polled president Joe Biden’s popularity. According to the latest Marist poll 52 percent of American polled approved of the way in which the president handled the situation in Ukraine. This is 34 percent up from last week.
The poll also reported that a whooping number of Americans–83 percent approved of Biden and allies imposing economic sanctions on Russia. Although there have been a rise in gas prices, 69 percent of Americans, of whom 58 percent identified as Republican said that they were supportive of the economic sanctions against Russia, even if energy prices increased, as a result of the sanctions.
President Biden saw an increase in overall job approval ratings by 8 percent. He also saw an upswing in his approval rating for his handling of the coronavirus as 55 percent approved of how it has been handled by him.
