More Disapprove of Bush Than Any Other President

[Jack and Barbara 0]

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

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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 it.

"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 Bush's "Mission Accomplished" moment on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when he proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

The record-low support for the war in a CNN poll could be one reason behind the president's unpopularity, but it probably is not the only one.

"Support for the war, the assessment of the economy and approval of Mr. Bush are all about the same -- bad," Schneider said.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted by telephone from Monday through Wednesday among 1,008 adult Americans.

The poll's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

[simple_male 1]

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

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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 it.

"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 Bush's "Mission Accomplished" moment on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when he proclaimed that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

The record-low support for the war in a CNN poll could be one reason behind the president's unpopularity, but it probably is not the only one.

"Support for the war, the assessment of the economy and approval of Mr. Bush are all about the same -- bad," Schneider said.

The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll was conducted by telephone from Monday through Wednesday among 1,008 adult Americans.

The poll's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

I am not surprised. If you ask ####### Cheney about the poll numbers, he would answer, "So?"

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

I am not surprised. If you ask ####### Cheney about the poll numbers, he would answer, "So?" want to go hunting?

fixxored

[Jack and Barbara 0]

I am not surprised. If you ask ####### Cheney about the poll numbers, he would answer, "So?" want to go hunting?

fixxored

So long as he promises to not shoot me, I might consider.

[Mononoke28 135]

Has anybody started a countdown until this fool is out of the White House? We should all drop a big shiny ball like the one they have at Time Square and once the last U-Haul truck leaves the White House premises, cheer all in unison like they do in "It's a Woderful Life".

Diana

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I'm not surprised. Well, I am somewhat surpised that there are still any people at all approving of this disaster of an administration. Must be Bush's cronies and the profiteers of his policies.

[Jack and Barbara 0]

Still, if Bush goes down as worse than Nixon, a man who lied and cheated his way out of the White House, that says something. And it's not very good.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Still, if Bush goes down as worse than Nixon, a man who lied and cheated his way out of the White House, that says something. And it's not very good.

The only stat that Nixon trumps Bush in is war dead. Other than that Nixon was a hack in the fu*&ing up America (and other Countries) department.

[Mononoke28 135]

Yeah but the day of his funeral everybody said what a great president he was. Time sure makes people forget.

Diana

[SteveLaura 0]

At Bush's funeral, when reporters ask how great a president was he, I foresee a lot of coughing and pregnant pauses.

[Heracles 417]

I am not surprised. If you ask ####### Cheney about the poll numbers, he would answer, "So?"

That is something that pisses me off.

[Ilya R. 0]

Whats the point of having these polls if nothing is done?

They tried to impeach Clinton for getting a bj, and this guy kills 4k troops and ruins a powerhouse of a country... and still is in charge.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

At Bush's funeral, when reporters ask how great a president was he, I foresee a lot of coughing and pregnant pauses.

so bill clinton is there in spirit then.......

Whats the point of having these polls if nothing is done?

They tried to impeach Clinton for getting a bj, and this guy kills 4k troops and ruins a powerhouse of a country... and still is in charge.

not true.

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At Bush's funeral, when reporters ask how great a president was he, I foresee a lot of coughing and pregnant pauses.

so bill clinton is there in spirit then.......

Whats the point of having these polls if nothing is done?

They tried to impeach Clinton for getting a bj, and this guy kills 4k troops and ruins a powerhouse of a country... and still is in charge.

not true.

No kidding.

The charge was perjury.

[Ilya R. 0]

At Bush's funeral, when reporters ask how great a president was he, I foresee a lot of coughing and pregnant pauses.

so bill clinton is there in spirit then.......

Whats the point of having these polls if nothing is done?

They tried to impeach Clinton for getting a bj, and this guy kills 4k troops and ruins a powerhouse of a country... and still is in charge.

not true.

No kidding.

The charge was perjury.

Lets all get technical