According to the latest Gallup survey, Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States has fallen to 11 percent, the lowest level of the Obama presidency and just four percentage points above the all-time low recorded in October 2008. This figure is lower than it was during the low point of the Carter presidency (12 percent) and the George H.W. Bush presidency (14 percent).
For the record, both men ran for re-election. And both men were handily defeated.