Bush Nearing Nixon’s Approval Ratings
This will not make Bush very happy: his approval ratings are, with 26%, at an all time low. No President, except for Nixon, ever had such low approval – and high disapproval ratings. Of those asked, 65% disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job. This 65% includes 1/3 of all Republican voters.
Nixon’s record is 23% – it will be interesting to see whether Bush will break Nixon’s record.
Before Bush supporters start defending him by saying that the war is to blame:
Bush scores record or near record lows on every major issue: from the economy (34 percent approve, 60 percent disapprove) to health care (28 percent approve, 61 percent disapprove) to immigration (23 percent approve, 63 percent disapprove).
And there is more bad news, not just for Bush but for all Republicans: “50 percent of Americans disapprove of the president’s handling of terrorism and homeland security.”
The GOP strongest asset these last couple of years was homeland securty and the GWOT. If the voters start disapproving of the way the GOP deals with these issues, the will have an incredibly hard time winning the elections in 08. This is the domain of the GOP. If the GOP loses its edge on this one, Republicans cannot possibly hope to win.
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5 Responses to “Bush Nearing Nixon’s Approval Ratings”
“Incredibly hard time” is nonsense. Democrats still repel better voters in huge numbers. The Democratic candidate will have an advantage throughout the campaign (that is true already), but “incredibly hard time”? Don’t be silly.
“better voters”??? Ok DLS- explain- are Republicans the country’s elites????
Better voters — not fooled by political promises or offers of government goodies, especially when at the same time we are among those paying most of the taxes in this country. I could add remarks about intelligence or morality (any honest lefty would blanch at a true comparison and contest) but that’s too cruel. *grin*
Oh “better voters”- like the 10 million listeners in Rush Limbaugh’s audience? The ones not fooled by three hours a day of half-truths and liberal-bashing?
And I wouldn’t try to make the point given that those better voters were never fooled by fake WMD evidence or “Compassionate Conservativism”, or neocon pipedreams, lol. Now those are some intelligent folks alright!
Truman’s were lower:
http://ajliebling.blogspot.com/2007/06/bushs-nose-dive-isnt-over.html