HOW DO BUSH'S RATINGS REMAIN SO HlGH?
375183
His ratings keep plummeting. He is at less than 30% approval, down there with Nixon when he resigned. There is a good article in the latest Rolling Stone that shows why prominent historians rate Bush as one of the worst presidents in American history.
398632
jason- are you kidding? Bush has the lowest approval rating among latin americans of any president in history. I sure hope someone does something about the current administration. Legal immigrants---get out there and vote!
539367
Bush has not surrounded himself with wise counsel. He has a ton of "Yes" people around him, and that is the sure sign of a fool. War takes up all the budget, and that leaves very little for domestic issues. Another sure sign of a fool.
922853
You mean apart from the fact that he is a war mongering cretin that needs to be put out to pasture before he involves the entire globe in terrorist reprisals?\n\nHe isn't the sharpest tool in the box - never was - but his many advisers usually help prevent him making a TOTAL ar** of himself - mostly. \n\nAdmittedly they panic when he does his little walk-about talk abouts - as he relies on his own wit rather than pre-prepared speeches. It tends to get a little wobbly then.\n\nI'm sorry but asking WHY to ANYTHING to do with bush is a bit pointless. The guy isn't half sharp.
838306
It's mystifying to me as well.  It also seems that most of the people who still believe this think George Bush is the be all and end all and hang on his every word.  Well...he's admitted they had NO connection, several times.  That he keeps trying to connect them in some of his speeches in an underhanded way keeps these sheep baaing away.  Terrorists are in Iraq now, thanks to us blowing the country wide open for them, but they sure weren't there before we invaded.  But it's that fine point that gives Bush the ammunition to continue talking about Iraq and terrorists in the same breath.  Sort of a Catch-22 that Bush uses to his advantage.  That there are people who can't make that distinction is a bit scary.
956690
No.  He's lost the support of fiscal conservatives with his spendthrift ways, Christian conservatives have soured on him, and others are turned off by the Iraq War.  Frankly, I don't believe it when I hear he has an approval rating around 40%.  I think it's really more like 10%.
702024
You're right about it not meaning 60% approval for Democrats.  That is very true and people need to remember that.\n\nYou have to remember, though, that the rating Bush has right now is bad and it shows that the majority of hte country DOESN'T approve of him, right?\n\nDemocrats have lots of problems but their problems (for the most part) aren't hindering Bush.  His choices are his own and therefore his rating is his own too.  He's earned all this that he's caused.  The question is, have our soldiers?\n\nIn all truth, if what Bush said was 100% true all the time then of course I'd get behind him.  We'd already have gotten Bin Laden and stabalized Iraq, but they've miscalculated and mistakes happened.  I know all presidents do it, but it doesn't mean we can forget Bush's failures.\n\nDon't worry, it's not like I like Clinton either.  You can't support a leader 100% all the time.  That's just not American.
533466
As the media is generally controlled by the powers-that-be\nand his "rating" is in the low 30's\nI would guess in actuallity that his true numbers are in the 17-25 percent range.\n\nI can't stand that Illiterate Hillbilly!
126138
His ratings were very high at the end of '01.  However, they are not currently anywhere near that level.  He may well end his tenure having experienced both the highest and lowest approval ratings in history.
216274
Actually, since you posted your question, he has dropped to a 34% approval rating. It should be lower but the true believers vote in lockstep. \n\nIn answer to your question, I've lost a lot of faith in the "wisdom" of the American electorate after they re-elected bush/cheney in 2004. There was ample evidence of their lies and misdeeds at the time, and I really don't want to hear any more about what an awful candidate Kerry was (he certainly wasn't my choice but ANYONE would be better than what we have). \n\nSo, is the American public wiser? I don't think so. The way I see it, we're only one more "crisis" away from bush's poll numbers soaring again. Another large-scale terrorist attack in the "homeland" and it's break out the flags and rally around "our" president yet again. \n\nThe last time this obscenity occurred, I went to live and work in Japan for two years. It was refreshing to be amongst ex-pat Americans, Canadians, Brits, Aussies and Kiwis who had a clue about world politics. If it happens again, I'll be off to the UK -- for good.\n\nThat said, it would really be nice to have our country back, wouldn't it?
390961
Obviously it is declining. George Bush has the lowest poll ratings since Nixon. Largest Deficits in history, No child left behind is a failed policy, Medicare is a disaster; Scandals involving his and Cheney's chief's of staff, Illegal wire taps, outing spies, cover-ups about war in Iraq; Gas prices $3.00 and predicted to get to $5.00 per gal.. I am a democrat, but do not involve myself in name-calling. FOX NEWS always puts there SPIN MACHINE into action, as to shed the best light on the issues, and blame Bill Clinton for many of GWB's problems. After 6 years of GWB's failing policies, too many mistakes have been made. The republicans are trying to get their mojo back, who knew they had it before? Bush is doing great for the late night comics, you can't make up this ridiculous stuff.
192660
You do realize, all polling data is subject to some error factor.  In addition, polls are easily slanted by the wording of questions and the size and make-up of the group polled.  In other words, if you ask the right question of the right person you will get the answer you want.  Having said that, here is some of the info you are looking for.\n\nAs I recall, Nixon left office with a rating of less than 25%  That's probably the lowest.\n\nBTW Clinton left office with a rating in the mid 60% range.\n\nFunny thing, Kennedy first committed troops to Viet Nam and left office (assassinated) with approval rating above 60%.  The war ended on Nixon's watch and he left office below 25%.\n\nAmericans have some real issues with politics.
387549
Rarely do president care much about their approval rating during their second term (since the days of Harry S Truman).  They cannot be reelected again so what would they care?
683423
His approval ratings hit an all time low in a poll yesterday, 29%. That is what good Americans think of Bush.
953769
I know!  I've noticed that too.  Most of the people I know HATE Bush, his ratings are low, and the Congress that supports him had a recent 16% approval rating.  I even know some moderate Republicans that voted Democrat this year.\n\nYet people still say that "liberals are idiots" and "Bush is great."  Don't they realize that most of America and practically ALL of the world disagree with them?  Yet they still act all high and mighty.\n\nQuite a god complex they have, isn't it?\n\nBUSH SUCKS!!
742894
In the day's after 9/11 his approval rating was 80%, even when he went into Afghanistan it was still high as people were all for this. But after he started the war in Iraq it began to drop, with each bit of information that came out like no weapons of mass destruction, ect. to today's quagmire and Iraqi civil war his approval rating has dropped steadily to near 30%. I personally give him about 0% as any leader that cost 3,000 American lives based on his lies does not deserve to be president and should more likely be tried in a court of law for his criminal behavior.
208498
since this year, major polling organizations have showed that george w. bush suffers from an overwhelming public disapproval rate. \n\nthe highest approval rating he received was 47% (with a disapproval rating of 50%) during the january 22 to 25 period conducted by Cook/RT Strategies. the worst rating he received so far was a 33% approval rating and a 57% disapproval rating conducted by Pew during the March 8 to 12 period, and a 60% disapproval rating (and a 37% approval rating) during the march 6-8 period conducted by AP-Ipsos and march 10-12 conducted by CNN/USA Today/Gallup (36% approval rating). you can see more trends at the pollingreport.com site.\n\nhttp://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm\n\nit is worthy to note that, except for the march 2-5 period, bush has not received an approval rating above 40% for the month of march. \n\n\nwhy did he get voted into office? methinks that the republican party is very popular in the central-midwest regions of the US, where bush focused on the issues of family values and security (antiterrorism)-- issues that strike the heart of the people there. there are more voters in those areas combined, compared the pacific and east coasts, which voted for the democratic party.\n\nbut now people are growing more aware of the unbelievable cost of the war on iraq (which is now worth $250.3 billion, as of this writing), the growing casualties, the revelation that there are no weapons of mass destruction found in iraq. hence, his popularity is sliding even among his voters.