Bad news is all around these days for President Obama.  It seems like no matter what he does these days, he’s going to get on someone’s nerves.  Critics from the right and critics from the left are attacking him at every turn, and it seems he just can’t do anything right.  Perhaps he might seek counsel on how to deal with universal disapproval from the most recent President to get assailed from all sides, George W. Bush.  The two men are more alike than you might think, barring one key difference:  President Bush’s approval rating is actually higher than President Obama’s approval rating.

According to Gallup’s annual modern president popularity rankings, the former president is more popular than the current president (at least according to Obama’s most recent approval ratings).  Bush is currently sitting at 47 percent approval as compared to Obama’s 46 percent approval rating.  If it helps Obama feel any better (it won’t), Bush is still disapproved of by a greater percentage of people, garnering 51 percent disapproval rating to Obama’s 47 percent disapproval.

John F. Kennedy is still the most popular modern ex-president, followed by Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.  Richard Nixon remains the country’s most unpopular modern ex-president.  The only president whose approval ranking dropped from last year’s poll is Jimmy Carter, who dropped from third to sixth.

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