Bush's low popularity
Here is an interesting tabulation of how various Presidents have fared in the Gallup poll during a certain point in their second term. Comparing the approval ratings of seven Presidents during August of the second term (except for Truman, where a June poll was used in lieu of one having been done for August), we find that Bush has the second-lowest approval rating at this time in his second term. The only President with a lower approval rating was Nixon, who was in the midst of the Watergate scandal at that time. This table also does not reflect the fact that Bush's approval rating has sunk even lower since August, down to 40%.
President | Time | Approval rating |
Harry Truman | June 1949 (No July or | 58% |
Dwight Eisenhower | August 1957 | 63 |
Lyndon B. Johnson | August 1965 | 65 |
Richard Nixon | August 1973 | 34 |
Ronald Reagan | August 1985 | 61 |
Bill Clinton | August 1997 | 61 |
George W. Bush | August 2005 | 43 |
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