This is the very essence of the difference that should exist between a President and a King. From Federalist 69:
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors, removed from office; and would afterwards be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law. The person of the king of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable; there is no constitutional tribunal to which he is amenable; no punishment to which he can be subjected without involving the crisis of a national revolution. In this delicate and important circumstance of personal responsibility, the President of Confederated America would stand upon no better ground than a governor of New York, and upon worse ground than the governors of Maryland and Delaware.
The failure of the Republican party to support this kind of check on Presidential power is why we’re having this crisis now.
I’m sorry, but suggesting Kennedy’s death had zero to do with Johnson’s popularity is just ignoring reality.
Weird how he was super, duper popular before Kennedy was murdered and yet didn’t think he could win a primary in a conventional way.
I guess he was super popular, super charismatic, and dumb as a rock. As were all of his advisors who weren’t able to convince him to run against Kennedy what with him being super popular and super charismatic. Weird. Weird and dumb.
You could be a Scottie Pippen but most people still say “who?” compared to Michael Jordan.
But yeah, the data I posted showed it basically only gained 8 points going from Vice President to President because he already had a decent approval before the assassination.
There’s other historical examples to compare by, though none in the modern era, but Andrew Johnson didn’t get re-election and was even impeached.
Chester Arthur also didn’t win reelection. Although James Garfield didn’t exactly serve long 😅 but he was also really popular when he was elected.
Since when is an immediate gain of 8 points in approval an “only?”
And you need to decide if Kennedy’s assassination was a factor in his approval or not. Because now it’s both.