Bush Now Most Unpopular President In Modern History

Posted by Ashish on 05.01.2008

And the Iraq War is now more unpopular than it has ever been...

This can't be good news for John McCain and the Republicans.

George W. Bush's disapproval rating has hit 71%, making him the most disapproved of President in modern history.

"No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, this is the first time that any president's disapproval rating has cracked the 70 percent mark," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

"Bush's approval rating, which stands at 28 percent in our new poll, remains better than the all-time lows set by Harry Truman and Richard Nixon (22 percent and 24 percent, respectively) but even those two presidents never got a disapproval rating in the 70s," Holland added. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling was set by Truman, 66 percent disapproval in January 1952."

And the Iraq War is also now more unpopular than ever before -- 68% oppose it.

"Americans are growing more pessimistic about the war," Holland said. "In January, nearly half believed that things were going well for the U.S. in Iraq; now that figure has dropped to 39 percent."