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Fellow GOP Sen. John Cornyn called Mr. Reagan "one of our greatest presidents." - an assessment shared by more and more historians over the years. "He left the Oval Office as the most popular president in the modern era. Ronald Reagan loved America - and America loved him back."
Not according to Gallup, anyway.
Clinton's final Gallup polls before leaving office:
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12/15-17/00 66 32 2
1/05-07/01 65 31 4
1/10-14/01 66 29 5
Reagan's:
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10/21-24/88 51 38 11
11/11-14/88 57 35 8
12/27-29/88 63 29 8
This graphic from Professor Pollkatz tells the full story.
