Bush Approval Hits All Time Low
CNN/Gallup
April 11, 2008

(CNN)— With the economic outlook looking dim and the continued war in Iraq, President Bush'nidjs job approval rating hit an all time low Friday, according to a just released poll.

The latest Gallup poll shows the president's approval dropped to 28 percent, the lowest of his eight years in office.

The survey, which questioned 1,021 adults between April 6 and 9, with a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent, found the decrease came largely because of Democratic and Independent dissatisfaction with his administration. Only 6 percent of Democrats questioned and 24 percent of Independents had a favorable opinion of President Bush, with about two-thirds support coming from Republicans.

The new estimate marks one of the lowest approval ratings any president has seen since World War II, with the exception of Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon and Harry Truman, who all had a mid 20 percent approval rating in their final years in office. The all time lowest presidential approval rating was 22 percent in 1952 during Harry Truman's final year in office, who like President George W. Bush dealt with problems related to the economy and an unfavorable war.

Bush's approval ratings have hovered around the low 30 percent range since July of 2007. It reached a high of 90 percent in 2001, just days after the September 11 attacks.

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