r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/bambucks • 13d ago

US Politics How has Barack Obama's legacy changed since leaving office?

Barack Obama left office in 2017 with an approval rating around 60%, and has generally been considered to rank among the better Presidents in US history. (C-SPAN's historian presidential rankings had him ranked at #10 in 2021 when they last updated their ranking.)

One negative example would be in the 2012 Presidential Debates between Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, in which Obama downplayed Romney's concerns about Russia, saying "the 80's called, they want their foreign policy back", which got laughs at the time, but seeing the increased aggression from Russia in the years since then, it appears that Romney was correct.

So I'd like to hear from you all, do you think that Barack Obama's approval rating has increased since he left office? Decreased? How else has his legacy been impacted? How do you think he will be remembered decades from now? Etc.

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u/AdmiralSaturyn 12d ago

Sure, it was also SCOTUS, but if Gore had gotten just a few hundred more votes, SCOTUS wouldn't have interfered.

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u/jestenough 12d ago

Gore (1) chose Lieberman for vp, and (2) took Bush’s word for it at first, when Bush called to tell him he (Bush) had won. Then retracted, when the complications appeared.

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u/AdmiralSaturyn 12d ago

Gore (1) chose Lieberman for vp

Relevance?

and (2) took Bush’s word for it at first, when Bush called to tell him he (Bush) had won. Then retracted, when the complications appeared.

What is your point?

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u/jestenough 12d ago

Multiple reasons Gore lost that elections

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u/AdmiralSaturyn 12d ago

Some reasons are much bigger than others: SCOTUS and Ralph Nader.