[LS]

Yes and no. For polling purposes, Reagan was out of the limelight as a politician in the early 1970s and did a radio show every week. There's not much difference there. Moreover, I think any blowback from Palin "quitting" has long passed.

It's too early to tell if these kinds of numbers are "normal," or if they reflect her absence from the public eye for a month or two.

One thing we do know: Zero's numbers tend to dip when he IS in the public eye. I will grant you this, though: it's hard for someone to come back from sub-40 approval no matter what you do. It's possible---Nixon did it. But difficult.

[Will88]

Yes and no. For polling purposes, Reagan was out of the limelight as a politician in the early 1970s and did a radio show every week. There's not much difference there.

Reagan was Governor of California from 1967 - 1975, and was often in the news dealing with all the protests in California, as well as more normal duties of a governor.