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I’ve never seen a poll with a zero in it before. Zero percent of Americans think the economy is getting better while 82% think it’s getting worse. Meanwhile, George Bush’s job approval hits a record low of 19% and majorities of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents all disapprove of his handling of the economic crisis.
The Decider sets another new record:
The survey found public approval of President Bush’s job performance at a new low for the Times/Bloomberg Poll: only 23% approved of the job Bush is doing, and 73% disapproved.
(via ThinkProgress)
Following on the heels of last week’s Gallup poll, a new CNN poll confirms that George W. Bush is still the worst president in modern 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.”
Mission accomplished: George Bush and his war are both failures.
It’s official. George W. Bush has the highest disapproval rating of any U.S. president in the 70-year history of the Gallup poll.
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt.
The previous record of 67% was reached by Harry Truman in January 1952, when the United States was enmeshed in the Korean War.
What’s also pretty incredible is how far he’s fallen:
Bush also holds the record for the other extreme: the highest approval rating of any president in Gallup’s history. In September 2001, in the days after the 9/11 attacks, Bush’s approval spiked to 90%. In another record, the percentage of Americans who say the invasion of Iraq was a mistake reached a new high, 63%, in the latest poll.
Assessments of Bush’s presidency are harsh. By 69%-27%, those polled say Bush’s tenure in general has been a failure, not a success.
From the most popular to the least popular in only eight years. Presided over an economic “slowdown”–seriously, you can’t call it a recession?–that eighty-six percent of Americans think is going to get worse. The majority of people now recognize that his war for oil and profit was a mistake. A full three-quarters of Americans think our nation is headed the wrong direction under his leadership. People don’t trust Republicans on Iraq, health care, social security, the economy, or immigration. Most historians think he’s the worst president ever.
The Bush presidency is a disaster. The Bush legacy will be one of failure.
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