Thread: Bush Drops In Poll

Just heard on ABC radio news, that Bush's immigration approval ratings have fallen 16 points, from 61%, to 45%. Maybe the fat, dumb and happy, are finally waking up.

Bush : Lowest approval rating as President hits bottom
Written by Staff
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
A recent Harris Poll found that George W. Bush's approval rating had fallen to its lowest point of hisPresidency, with 28 percent of U.S. adults giving his job performance positive ratings and 70 percent rating him negatively.


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Bush : Lowest approval rating as President hits bottom
Written by Staff
Wednesday, 30 May 2007

A recent Harris Poll found that George W. Bush's approval rating had fallen to its lowest point of his

Presidency, with 28 percent of U.S. adults giving his job performance positive ratings and 70 percent rating him negatively. But just how does this compare to previous Presidents? As the Harris Poll has been measuring the popularity of all presidents since President Lyndon B. Johnson on a regular basis, we thought it would be interesting to compare President Bush's highest and lowest ratings with those of his predecessors.

Comparing Presidents' Best Ratings

President Bush received his highest ever ratings (88% positive, 11% negative) in October 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. No other President has achieved such high ratings in the 40-year history of The Harris Poll. After the first Gulf War in 1991, President George H.W. Bush was rated 83 percent positive, 16 percent negative. And, President Lyndon Johnson was twice rated 78 percent positive, 22 percent negative in 1964. The only other president to break the 70 percent positive mark was President Ronald Reagan (71% positive, 29% negative) in 1985.

Richard Nixon's best rating, 62 percent positive, 34 percent negative, was the lowest of all the eight presidents covered.

Comparing Presidents' Worst Ratings

The lowest ratings recorded by any President over the last 43 years was for Jimmy Carter (22% positive, 77% negative) in 1980, a few months before he failed to win re-election. The second lowest ratings were for President Richard Nixon in 1974, shortly before he resigned, at 26 percent positive, and 71 percent negative.

President George W. Bush's lowest ratings (28% positive, 70% negative) are therefore better than the worst numbers reached by Presidents Carter and Nixon. However, President George W. Bush's lowest ratings are worse than those of the other five presidents listed. Their lowest ratings were:

Positive Negative

President Lyndon B. Johnson 38% 62%

President Ronald Reagan 38% 61%

President Bill Clinton 35% 63%

President Gerald Ford 30% 67%

President George H.W. Bush 29% 70%




TABLE 1

PRESIDENTS BEST AND WORST RATINGS


Date Best Worst

George W. Bush October 2001 88%-11%

April 2007 28%-70%


Bill Clinton December 2000 69%-29%

June 1993 35%-63%


George H.W. Bush March 1991 83%-16%

July 1992 29%-70%


Ronald Reagan October 1985 71%-29%

April 1982 38%-61%


Jimmy Carter April 1977 69%-27%

July 1980 22%-77%


Gerald Ford September 1974 67%-20%

November 1975 30%-67%


Richard Nixon October 1969 62%-34%

March, June & August 1974 26%-71%


Lyndon Johnson May & October 1964 78%-22%

March 1968 38%-62%




Note: The Harris Poll uses the question "How would you rate the overall

job President Bush (or other presidents) is doing as president,

excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor." Those saying excellent

or pretty good are summarized as "positive." Those saying only fair

or poor are labeled negative. Other polling firms may use different

questions - for example: do you approve or disapprove of the job the

President is doing? All Harris Interactive presidential approval

surveys were conducted by telephone among various samples of U.S.

adults.

About Harris Interactive

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research firm in the world. The company provides innovative research,

insights and strategic advice to help its clients make more confident

decisions which lead to measurable and enduring improvements in

performance. Harris Interactive is widely known for The Harris Poll, one of

the longest running, independent opinion polls and for pioneering online

market research methods. The company has built what it believes to be the

world's largest panel of survey respondents, the Harris Poll Online. Harris

Interactive serves clients worldwide through its United States, Europe and

Asia offices, its wholly-owned subsidiaries Novatris in France and

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market research firms.

I think rock bottom for Bush is 25%. There are still enough idiots and special interest groups out there to make this a realistic floor for him, even though I think he should be at less than 10% now.

Still, these would be devastating numbers for anyone who wasn't a psychopath. Bush seems to get a kick out of seeing how low he can go, since there's nothing anybody can do about him.

Originally Posted by CountFloyd

I think rock bottom for Bush is 25%. There are still enough idiots and special interest groups out there to make this a realistic floor for him, even though I think he should be at less than 10% now.

Still, these would be devastating numbers for anyone who wasn't a psychopath. Bush seems to get a kick out of seeing how low he can go, since there's nothing anybody can do about him.

Yeah, I want to see him in the teens! Clinton was, but that was a different kind of teen.....

Originally Posted by SamLowrey

Yeah, I want to see him in the teens! Clinton was, but that was a different kind of teen.....

Too Funny :P

Bush's ratings in the teens? So were his test scores in school.

Funny this is out today. We did a little informal poll at work today too!

It was amazing!! A lot of people who had been against him on immigration for a long time, but still sort of supported him on the war, said that they are SO disgusted with him because of illegal immigration that they are quickly reaching the point of no return with him.

Literally everyone out of twelve people said they are livid with him on border security and amnesty!!

IT WAS 100% UNANIMOUS ON THAT!

We did a talk radio host poll too and Laura Ingraham won.