Public Approval of the President Is

question 58

Multiple Choice

Public approval of the president is:

• A) a difficult measure to understand because it fluctuates so frequently.
• B) an inconsistent indicator of whether a president will be reelected.
• C) a generally reliable indicator of whether a president will be reelected.
• D) an irrelevant measure because it is based mostly on the president's charisma rather than on the president's record of accomplishments while in office.
• E) a stable measure that hovers around 50 percent for most presidents and changes only slightly during the president's time in office.