According to the data described, presidential popularity generally does what over a president's term?

According to the data described, presidential popularity generally does what over a president's term?

• A. Increase gradually after leaving office
• B. Decrease only at elections
• C. Decrease except at election time
• D. Stay the same

Answer: (C)

Presidential popularity tends to drift downward over a president’s term as the public weighs ongoing policy results, economic conditions, and political battles. Yet as elections approach, campaigns generate renewed attention and support, producing a bump in approval ratings. So the overall pattern is a decrease across the term with a lift around election time, rather than staying flat, rising only after leaving office, or staying unchanged.

Presidential popularity tends to drift downward over a president’s term as the public weighs ongoing policy results, economic conditions, and political battles. Yet as elections approach, campaigns generate renewed attention and support, producing a bump in approval ratings. So the overall pattern is a decrease across the term with a lift around election time, rather than staying flat, rising only after leaving office, or staying unchanged.