American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Year Percent Sources: Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 5/e (Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1995), p Reprinted with permission Presidential approval, Gallup Poll, Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Carter Bush Nixon Ford Reagan Clinton

American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 The 1996 Schlesinger Poll (Continued on next slide) Great Near Great Washington 130 Lincoln 32 F.D.R. 131 Truman 2136 Wilson T. Roosevelt Jefferson Polk Jackson Data Source: 1943, 1964: National Opinion Research Center surveys: 1954: Samuel A. Stouffer. Communism, Great Failure Below Average Average Near Great

American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Data Source: 1943, 1964: National Opinion Research Center surveys: 1954: Samuel A. Stouffer. Communism, The 1996 Schlesinger Poll (Continued from previous slide) Average (High) Kennedy 9211 Eisenhower McKinley 5202 John Adams Cleveland 8201 Monroe L. B. J (Continued on next slide) Great Failure Below Average Average Near Great Average (Low) B. Harrison 147 J.Q. Adams 1188 Taft 1791 Madison Van Buren Hayes Arthur Ford 6202 Bush Carter Reagan Clinton

American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Tyler Nixon The 1996 Schlesinger Poll (Continued from previous slide) Great Failure Below Average Average Near Great Below Average Failure Taylor Fillmore Coolidge Grant 9 18 A. Johnson Buchanan 6 22 Pierce Harding 2 26 Hoover Data Source: 1943, 1964: National Opinion Research Center surveys: 1954: Samuel A. Stouffer. Communism,

American Government McGraw- Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998 Source: Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 5th ed. (Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1995), p Reprinted with permission. Treaties and executive agreements approved by the United States, Number of Executive YearTreatiesAgreements 1789– – – – –1944 (F. Roosevelt) –1952 (Truman)1321, –1960 (Eisenhower)891, –1963 (Kennedy) –1968 (L. Johnson)671, –1974 (Nixon)931, –1976 (Ford) –1980 (Carter)791, –1988 (Reagan)1172, –1992 (Bush)671, –1994 (Clinton)41594