Initial Gallup Poll ratings, then and now

Barack Obama, 68 percent
John F. Kennedy, 72 percent
Dwight Eisenhower, 68 percent
Jimmy Carter, 66 percent
Richard Nixon, 59 percent
Bill Clinton, 58 percent
George W. Bush, 57 percent
Ronald Reagan. 51 percent
George H.W. Bush, 51 percent

HT: Drudge