[lbo-talk] Bush approval

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Apr 25 11:09:05 PDT 2008


Bush's latest Gallup approval rating, 28%, is the 27th-lowest reading out of the 1,408 times Gallup has asked the question since 1941 - that's at the 1.9th percentile. It's exceeded only by Truman and Nixon, both late in their administrations. Bush's disapproval rating, 69%, is the highest ever (meaning that there are fewer don't know/ uncertain answers than there were in the past). The previous record was Bush's 67% disapproval in early April, and Truman's 67% in January 1952.

Oh, and Bush is now the first president since Eisenhower to preside over two recessions (which this isn't yet officially, but almost certainly will be).

Doug



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