At 39 months in the doghouse, George W. Bush has surpassed Harry Truman's record as the postwar president to linger longest without majority public approval.
Bush hasn't received majority approval for his work in office in ABC News/Washington Post polls since Jan. 16, 2005 – three years and three months ago. The previous record was Truman's during his last 38 months in office.
See the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll at http:// www.abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/story?id=4652847&page=1
PDF version with charts and full questionnaire athttp:// www.abcnews.go.com/images/PollingUnit/1063a2BushDefeatsTruman.pdf