Bush's Latest Quarterly Approval Average Easily Surpasses Previous Low

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Source: Gallup.com

Bush's Latest Quarterly Approval Average Easily Surpasses Previous Low
Approval rating 31% in latest poll

by Jeffrey M. Jones

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- In the last two Gallup Polls, Americans have given George W. Bush the lowest approval ratings of his term. After a term-low 29% rating earlier this month, a new Gallup Poll, conducted July 12-15, finds 31% of Americans approving of Bush. That ties with a reading from May 2006 for the second lowest of his administration.

Bush's 26th quarter as president ends on July 19, and it is the worst he has had in terms of his average approval rating. The quarter's 31.8% approval average is more than three percentage points below his previous low, and ranks in the bottom 5% of all quarterly average ratings for presidents since 1945.

Bush's prior worst quarterly average was 35.0% from January through April of this year. He has now averaged below 40% approval in each of the last six quarters, and below 50% in each of the last nine. His recent dismal ratings stand in stark contrast to the 85.7% average approval he enjoyed in his fourth quarter in office (after 9/11), a mark bested only by Truman's 87.0% following the U.S. victory in Europe in World War II.



Bush's current string of sub-40% quarters exceeds the five Richard Nixon had leading up to his resignation from the Oval Office because of the Watergate scandal. Harry Truman had 10 sub-40% quarters at the tail end of his administration. With six quarters remaining in his presidency, Bush would surpass that mark if he averages below 40% for the duration of his term.

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[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Ratings go down the hole....

My, how I love that image :rofl:

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

[proReality]

3. That vortex image is right on...

unfortunately he's taking us down with him.

[C_U_L8R]

2. With numbers that far down the toilet

Bush is gonna need diapers........ hey wait a minute !!