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....worse than Jimmy Carter......
Poll: Bush most unpopular in modern history
Posted: 12:58 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his 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 CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
"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 added. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 67 percent disapproval in January 1952."
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 67 percent.
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 the conflict.
"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 President Bush's "mission accomplished" moment onboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, when Bush 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 Corporation poll was conducted by telephone from Monday through Wednesday, with 1,008 adult Americans questioned. The poll's sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
LINK: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...odern-history/
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....worse than Jimmy Carter......
Was a poll even necessary?
This thread needs a poll.
Presidential Favorables
President
Favorable
Unfavorable
Very Favorable
Somewhat Favorable
Somewhat Unfavorable
Very Unfavorable
Not Sure
Washington, George 94% 2% 69% 25% 2% 0% 4%
Lincoln, Abraham 92% 4% 66% 26% 3% 1% 4%
Jefferson, Thomas 89% 4% 51% 38% 4% 0% 7%
Roosevelt, Teddy 84% 8% 44% 40% 5% 3% 8%
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 81% 12% 40% 41% 8% 4% 7%
Kennedy, John F. 80% 13% 43% 37% 11% 2% 6%
Adams, John 74% 9% 30% 44% 8% 1% 16%
Madison, James 73% 8% 30% 43% 6% 2% 19%
Reagan, Ronald 72% 22% 41% 31% 14% 8% 5%
Eisenhower, Dwight 72% 15% 32% 40% 12% 3% 13%
Truman, Harry S. 70% 14% 32% 38% 11% 3% 16%
Jackson, Andrew 69% 14% 20% 49% 12% 2% 16%
Ford, Gerald 62% 26% 16% 46% 22% 4% 11%
Adams, John Quincy 59% 7% 27% 32% 5% 2% 34%
Grant, Ulysses S. 58% 24% 22% 36% 16% 8% 18%
Carter, Jimmy 57% 34% 20% 37% 12% 22% 8%
Taft, William 57% 15% 27% 30% 12% 3% 28%
Bush, George H.W. 57% 41% 22% 35% 23% 18% 2%
Wilson, Woodrow 56% 19% 16% 40% 14% 5% 25%
Clinton, Bill 55% 41% 29% 26% 18% 23% 4%
Monroe. James 49% 10% 20% 29% 6% 4% 41%
Hoover, Herbert 48% 34% 9% 39% 24% 10% 18%
Johnson, Lyndon B. 45% 42% 6% 39% 29% 13% 14%
Johnson, Andrew 45% 26% 10% 35% 17% 9% 30%
Arthur, Chester A. 43% 17% 20% 23% 14% 3% 40%
Garfield, James A. 42% 16% 14% 28% 13% 3% 32%
McKinley, William 42% 24% 7% 35% 20% 4% 35%
Bush, George W. 41% 59% 21% 20% 19% 40% 0%
Cleveland, Grover 40% 26% 9% 31% 22% 4% 34%
Coolidge, Calvin 38% 31% 8% 30% 23% 8% 31%
Hayes, Rutherford B. 38% 19% 13% 25% 13% 6% 43%
Nixon, Richard 32% 60% 9% 23% 35% 25% 7%
Harrison, Benjamin 30% 35% 6% 24% 25% 10% 35%
Harding, Warren G. 29% 33% 6% 23% 24% 9% 38%
Buchanan, James 28% 32% 5% 23% 22% 10% 40%
Polk, James 27% 21% 7% 20% 15% 6% 52%
Taylor, Zachary 26% 18% 6% 20% 14% 4% 55%
Van Buren, Martin 23% 19% 3% 20% 13% 6% 58%
Harrison, William H. 21% 16% 2% 19% 12% 4% 63%
Pierce, Franklin 17% 25% 3% 14% 18% 7% 59%
Fillmore, Millard 17% 25% 3% 14% 18% 7% 56%
Tyler, John 9% 15% 0% 9% 11% 4% 74%
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ial_favorables
Based on the above poll, these are the 8 presidents who stand out:
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Abe Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
FDR
John F Kennedy
Yeah that is crazy, Jimmah's gotta be the worst ever.....worse than Jimmy Carter......
And that said, his 'popularity' rating is still higher than that of Congress
(1) Yeah, really. What's Congress done lately?And that said, his 'popularity' rating is still higher than that of Congress
(2) Led Zeppelin didn't always write tunes that everyone liked. They left that to the Bee Gees.
(3) This poll is inherently biased -- people are too close to the situation right now. The people who will write the definitive histories about G.W. Bush, or Clinton for that matter, haven't been born yet. Let's back off 100 years and see where he stands then.
Jimmy Carter has a 57% approval rating, and only 34% disapproval.
The lowest rated presidents are presidents 8 through 15.
These are the presidents between Andrew Jackson and Abe Lincoln.
books about bush, written by conservative pundits that agreed to believe a flattering angle.
great. can't wait.
An amazing, excellent observation.
It appears that we have a time-traveler among us here at ST. She has gone into the future and seen all the hagiographies about Pres. Bush.
Since you've been to the future, tell us, do the Spurs repeat this year?
The "beating a dead horse" thread.
Actually we're beating a lame duck.
just wait for his library to open. thats when the fantasy begins regarding bush accolades. it will be shamelessly embarrassing
spurs repeat? maybe, but i only bet the sure thing.
Yes, Presidents tend to get their own libraries. Shoot, I'd love to visit Clinton's library & massage parlor.
But, really, let's wait a couple of generations before we start handing out the "Worst President Ever" le to Bush, or Clinton.
nah, this is a "we want it now" society. the people have spoken.
but feel free to come back for those glorified paperback ramblings on W. you can find them in the fiction section.
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