USATODAY ON POLITICS
By: Mark Memmott and Jill Lawrence
The Poll_remember financial crisis is pushing President Bush’s approval rating into record territory. The latest Gallup Poll finds that 25% of people approve of the way he’s handling his job — the lowest of his administration, and only 3 percentage points higher than the lowest rating any president has ever earned.
Gallup editor Frank Newport writes: “Bush’s previous low point was 27%, measured about a week ago. The 25% approval rating is one point higher than Richard Nixon’s lowest job approval rating of 24% measured in the summer of 1974, and it is just three points higher than Harry Truman’s all-time Gallup low job approval rating of 22% measured in 1952. No other presidents have had job approval ratings of 27% or lower in Gallup Poll history.”
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/10/bush-approval-s.html
Tags: 25% of people, gallup poll, Job Approval, president bush
