Ford didn't have time to do anything to merit disapproval
Anecdotally, a lot of the anger came from him pardoning Nixon.
Sure, his ratings (archive) crashed from 71/3 on inauguration to 50/28 after the pardon, but that just took him to a fairly normal level.
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