Does 2012 still feel like an inverse 2004 to anyone else?

[Middle-aged Europe]

It feels more like 1979.

In July 1979, Carter had an approval rating of 28% and an umemployment rate of 5.7%.

(Doesn't make sense if you put it like that, but I guess there was other... stuff. )

[Middle-aged Europe]

It feels more like 1979.

In July 1979, Carter had an approval rating of 28% and an umemployment rate of 5.7%.

(Doesn't make sense if you put it like that, but I guess there was other... stuff. )

In July 2011, Obama had an approval rating of 47% and an unemployment rate of 9.2%

What the- when did the hostage crisis start again?

In November 1979... so not a factor in July.

But there were other factors contributing to Carter's 28%. Exploding inflation, the second oil crisis, a general sense of incompetence regarding the administration.

[Middle-aged Europe]

In July 1983, Ronald Reagan's approval rating was 39%.
In July 1963, John F. Kennedy was still alive.

In July 2011, we know nothing about Obama's first term.

And in July 1991, George H.W. Bush had an approval rating of 72%.