Lowest Disapproval rating in modern American history

His place in history is now secure as the lowest of the low Presidents.

"The Pariah President"

Poll: More disapprove of Bush than any other president

President Bush's disapproval rating hits all-time high in polling

More than 70 percent disapprove in CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll

Survey indicates support for Iraq war has never been lower

Low approval numbers come five years after "Mission Accomplished" moment

Poll: More disapprove of Bush than any other presidentStory Highlights
President Bush's disapproval rating hits all-time high in polling

More than 70 percent disapprove in CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll

Survey indicates support for Iraq war has never been lower

WASHINGTON DC (CNN) -- A new poll suggests that President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.


A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll shows 71 percent disapprove of President Bush's job performance.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is 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 Keating Holland, CNN's polling director.

"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 said. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 67 percent disapproval in January 1952."

While Gallup polling goes back to the 1930s, it wasn't until the Truman years that they began surveying monthly approval ratings.

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 66 percent

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/01/bush.poll/index.html

If I am not mistaken Bush also had the highest approval rating of any President after 9/11. Granted that is not something to boast about having the highest and lowest approval rating in 8 years of his occupation of office, but I thought it would be fair to post this!

Bush sux. Some things you regret, but some things you really regret. I really regret voting for Bush.

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Can we have our cake and eat it too? I wonder if the same people that talk about this candidate or that candidate doing what he or she thinks is right without pandering to the masses are the same ones that want to point out how bad of a job the President is doing based solely on public opinion numbers....

We can either have a principled person in office that sticks to their values, (agree or diagree with them as you may) or someone that sways back and forth with the breeze of public opinion.

We can't have both, only half the population supports either party and the rare candidate that sit the fence and appeal to both sides is the only one that will ever have significantly high approval ratings, absent an event like 9/11.

If this is really important to you then when you vote think about the candidate that will most likley make the most people happy. This won't always be the one that will make this country a better place.

Spoken like a true Republican! Give me a break! WHo makes up the Polls, the people who vote! The last 8 years will always be remembered for rising gas prices, a lie about a war in the wrong region, (why haven't we found Bin Laden the master mind of 9/11?), a fallen mortgage crisis, and lastly how horribly troops are treated at Walter Reed, Fort Bragg, and improvement on how we cremate the fallen soldiers! ENOUGH SAID!

Its funny I dont remember ever seeing this poll so I could actually vote. Its probably because it was only 1,008 people that voted.

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Its funny I dont remember ever seeing this poll so I could actually vote. Its probably because it was only 1,008 people that voted.

You'd be amazed as to how accurate samples can be. 1008 people is probably large enough to give a 95% CI with regards to the entire population.

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be amazed as to how accurate samples can be. 1008 people is probably large enough to give a 95% CI with regards to the entire

In the end you can please all the people some of the time but you can't please all the people EVER! there will always be libs who hate teh fact the Bush is a republican and the fact that if McCain wins the next presidency they will be even more pissed, just like if Clinton or Obama won people who are pro-military would be pissed because CLinton or Obama would be busy destroying our military.

I keep hearing soldiers say that if Clinton wins they will defect to Canada. I laugh because I really dont see that happening(the defecting to Canada part).

Everyone dislikes Mr Bush because of the iraq war but when u think about it what was the last president that didnt start some kind or military conflict while in office and 99% of them was some sort of civil war ? ( correct me if im wrong ) 1910's or 20 WWI- european civil war had nothing to do with the us directly beside us having some EU allies
1940's(I think) WWII - japan ok they attacked us but germany another european civil war nothing to do with us besides our allies gettin owned
1950's Korean War - Korean Civil War Nothing to do with us
1960-1970's Vietnam - Nothing to do with us vietnamese civil war
1980's - Panama (operation just because )nothing to do with us
1990's Dersert Storm/ Shield - Nothing to do with us just helping some allies Mideast civil war
1990's Bombing Serbia - Nothing to do with us- Balkans civil war
2000's Afghan - ok taliban (justified to me anyway)
2000's Iraq - Now we know for no reason but hey he needed to go anyway


So after reading this and pls correct me if I messed up some dates but tell me which of these wars besides WWII with japan did we really need to fight because if u know history they were all some sort of civil war between people other then americans but people say we are in a civil war now in iraq but hey Im not for any war im just saying judge the man fair..

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Republican nor Democrat. I vote for the nominee that I feel will do the best job. In 2000 and 2004 my absentee ballot never reached me so my vote didn't count. In 2000 I would of voted for President Bush but in 2004 I would of gone differently. I don't know who I would of voted for. Anyway, why do we as voters make excuses for the current President by comparing to past Presidents? As a consumer I would like to buy gas that won't eat up my paycheck that I would like to take my kids out with. I would like to buy a home tomorrow and not worry about it depriciating $50,000 the next day. I won't even start on the War in Iraq. I would in no way say pull out the troops. That would be a fallen effort due to the progress I have seen in the last 5 years. Like I said before, President Bush will always be remembered for record gas prices, mortgage meltdown, and a war that had a false purpose (or lack of Intelligence that General Powell recommended we don't get involved in).

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and lastly how horribly troops are treated at Walter Reed

This statement couldn't be anymore false. I'm here at Walter Reed and am getting the best care,housing and food then any of the places I've ever been with the Army.

Pvpness, I may have to move to another country if Clinton or Obama makes it into office. Either way, one of them makes it I'm out of a job.


Long Range. You really believe this war is for no reason?

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and lastly how horribly troops are treated at Walter Reed

This statement couldn't be anymore false. I'm here at Walter Reed and am getting the best care,housing and food then any of the places I've ever been with the Army.

It's my understanding that the Walter Reed issues were basically just with the outpatient wing & not the whole hospital. But then again, the media hates Pres. Bush.

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I would like to buy a home tomorrow and not worry about it depriciating $50,000 the next day. I won't even start on the War in Iraq. I would in no way say pull out the troops. That would be a fallen effort due to the progress I have seen in the last 5 years. Like I said before, President Bush will always be remembered for record gas prices, mortgage meltdown, and a war that had a false purpose (or lack of Intelligence that General Powell recommended we don't get involved in).

A couple of things - first, you don't buy a home as a short-term investment. If housing prices drop $50,000 in one day, you should have rented another day. Even then, since you'll be living there for more than 5 years, the home will still appreciate in the long run. Home prices "tanking" reflects only some segments of the market. In our region, home prices have continued to appreciate at about 3% a year.

Second - the mortgagge meltdown was no reflection at all on the president. Not even on politicians in general. It reflected the ignorance of the borrower as well as the ignorance of the lender. These sub-prime mortgages that people signed up for were a time bomb waiting to happen. Why in the world would someone get an adjustable rate mortgage in a time period of historically low interest rates?

Third - the war on terror was started for the right reasons and in the right locations. We know for a fact that WMDs were in Iraq in the past. How else could UNSCOM have documented them? So the real question is - where did they go since the stockpiles weren't completed destroyed?

Of course your getting treated great at Walter Reed. The press had to get involved for someone to fix the problem. President Bush fired someone to save face and now since Walter Reed is watched so well it's like staying at the Hampton Inn! Don't act like an idiot and play dumb, its politics!