Just The Facts

When President Obama took office on January 20, 2009, the unemployment rate was 8.1 percent up 3.3 points from a low of 4.8 in January of 2008. The unemployment rate continued to climb under the Republican administration until it peaked at 10.2 percent in October of 2009, eight months into Obama administration. Since October of 2009, the unemployment rate has been trending downward from the high of 10.2 percent to 9.6 percent.
It took the Obama administration eight months to correct eight years of Republican bad policy. The job of reversing losses caused by the Republicans bad policy is well under way, but we need you to support your Democratic Congressmen and Senators with your votes to finalize this recovery.

National Unemployment Rates, 2008 - 2010
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics