Bush Closing in on Nixon Disapproval Rates

"President Bush is a competitive guy. But this is one contest he would rather lose. With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling," the Washington Post reports.

This week's Washington Post-ABC News survey shows that 65% of Americans disapprove of Bush's job performance, matching his all-time low. In Post and Gallup polls going back to 1938, "only once has a president exceeded that level of public animosity -- and that was Richard M. Nixon, who hit 66 percent four days before he resigned."

"The historic depth of Bush's public standing has whipsawed his White House, sapped his clout, drained his advisers, encouraged his enemies and jeopardized his legacy. Around the White House, aides make gallows-humor jokes about how they can alienate their remaining supporters -- at least those aides not heading for the door. Outside the White House, many former aides privately express anger and bitterness at their erstwhile colleagues, Bush and the fate of his presidency."

Related:
  • A recent Harris survey had Bush matching Nixon disapproval levels.
  • Pollster.com examines the trend of Bush's approval rates.


July 25, 2007




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