Gallup has put out a blurb noting that Gerald Ford was apparently one of the least popular presidents of the post-WW2 era, coming in with an average of 47.2%. A quick run-down at the Gallup site tells the basic story. He comes in in the low 70s. That ends quickly a month later when he pardons Richard Nixon. That brings him down to 50%. And he goes down hill from there, punctuated by bad news out of Southeast Asia. Given that he was picking up the pieces of the Nixon presidency, it seems like a bit of an unfair measure. But there it is.