Jimmy Carter’s 21 percent in the late 1970s was the lowest approval rating for a sitting president ever until today. A new survey by the American Research Group puts President George W. Bush’s approval rating at 19 percent.
A full 78 percent of Americans feel the economy is in bad shape and on the economy issue alone, Bush has only a 14 percent approval rating.
The approval ratings are the lowest since the 25 percent record last July and down from 34 percent last month. Its down a full 20 percent from last February. So, if you’re sitting with four other people and you’re the only one who thinks Bush is still doing a good job, you’re the only one.
While I would love for this to be an accurate reflection of Bush’s approval rating, I think this poll isn’t too accurate. They got around to asking the approve/disapprove question after several questions about the economy and if we are in a recession or not. I think his approval rating is probably closer to being in the mid to high 20s, but that’s just my hunch.
Your Bush picture says it all. Unfortunately, that 19% includes:
the Congress ( Dem and Rep )
the pundits
the mainstream media
every fat, lazy CEO
the obnoxious, impossible to ignore conservative media (Fox, Rush, Drudge, et al.)
the Supreme Court
the Justice (!) Dept.
the military-industrial complex
p.s. I saw a great bumper sticker today – “1/20/09”