Bush Less Popular Than Nixon

11 November 2008 |permalink | email article

President Bush, according to a just completed CNN and Opinion Research survey, is less popular than President Nixon was at the time of his resignation.

CNN released a chart showing presidential “disapproval” ratings for each president going back to Harry Truman.

Bush is at 76% this month, followed by Truman (67%), Nixon ((66%), George H. W. Bush (60%) and Jimmy Carter (59%).

John F. Kennedy had the lowest disapproval rating (30%) at the time of his assassination in 1963.

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