Obama as Polarizing as Bush

Gallup: “During his fourth year in office, an average of 86%
of Democrats and 10% of Republicans approved of the job Barack Obama did
as president. That 76-percentage-point gap ties George W. Bush’s fourth
year as the most polarized years in Gallup records.”

“The list of most polarized years makes it clear that Obama’s highly
polarized ratings may be as much a reflection of the era in which he is
governing as on Obama himself. The last nine presidential years — the
final five for Bush and Obama’s first four — all rank in the top 10.
Thus, it appears that highly polarized ratings are becoming the norm, as
Americans aligned with both parties are apparently not looking much
beyond the president’s party affiliation to evaluate the job he is
doing.”