Posted on 05/01/2008 2:00:10 PM PDT by The_Republican
A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president.
"No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"Bush's approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon (22 percent and 24 percent, respectively) but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s," Holland added. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 66 percent disapproval in January 1952."
CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider adds, "He is more unpopular than Richard Nixon was just before he resigned from the presidency in August 1974." President Nixon's disapproval rating in August 1974 stood at 67 percent.
The poll also indicates that support for the war in Iraq has never been lower. Thirty percent of those questioned favored the war while 68 percent opposed the conflict.
"Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."
The numbers on the Iraq war come on the five-year anniversary of President Bush's "mission accomplished" moment onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when Bush proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
It all depends upon what the definition of "modern" is.
You can rig all sorts of things when you get to make the definitions...
(For all that, I think Bush could have done a lot better but he could also have done far, far worse! I thank God we didn't have Algore at the helm...)
You had to go and remind us of that, didn't you?
Drat!
For which we can probably blame Rumsfeld, who IIRC, was quite popular around here. Of course Bush did pick him, and did listen to him for too long.
OTOH, we didn't have the luxury of Ronald Reagan's military as GWH Bush did in Desert Shield/Storm. Still don't, 6 1/2 years after our homeland was attacked in a a more deadly attack than that of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
Gotta keep funding those entitlements and bridges to nowhere, don't cha know.
has Congress ever had lower approval ratings, ever???
History will grade Bush favorably, IMO. But not Congress.
Bill Clinton’s legacy: “Better put some ice on that.”
George Bush’s legacy: “See you at the signing.”
I do remember the NEA deal, which would have been cool.
Although I don’t think Bush has destroyed the conservative movement, I do have to agree with your other points here. As I said, there is plenty to rank on him about. Far too willing to cave when he doesn’t have to.
I’d take Tipp O’Neal over Harry Reid anyday!
At least when Reagan was in the oval office, the ‘progressives’ were still outside the castle walls.
"Any poll that has “CNN” in the front has got to be accurate! Sarcasm off! (just in case)!
Here's an excerpt of what Rasmussen has to say on the subject, it's a little better.
Bush Job Approval Sinks to New Low
"Friday, May 02, 2008
During the month of April, just 34% of Americans approved of the way the George W. Bush performed his role as President. That’s the lowest full-month approval rating ever for the President measured by Rasmussen Reports. Just 14% Strongly Approve of the President’s performance and another 20% Somewhat Approve
Sixty-three percent (63%) currently disapprove, including 46% who Strongly Disapprove.
Prior to this month, the President’s lowest approval rating was 35%, recorded in June, 2007. In two other months, his approval has been as low as 36% (May 2007 and March 2008).
Here's the whole analysis with information on how they poll and arrive at their data.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/political_updates/president_bush_job_approval
Would you like me to super-size that sir?
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