Bush More Unpopular Than Nixon

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President Bush's approval numbers have been stuck, anywhere between 24% and 35%, depending upon the poll. He seems to hold onto the 25% of the populace so wedded to their political ideology that they'll never abandon him. And he picks up a few percent here and there from the stragglers.

But now, for the first time, his strongly disapprove numbers have eclipsed even President Richard Nixon, garnering the lowest numbers in the Gallup poll's history. Way to go, Commander Guy!

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Topping Nixon, Bush disapproval soars to highest level ever recorded in Gallup poll

The little noticed statistic -- publicly noted on Gallup's poll writeup -- made a single headline in Google News. The story, at Editor and Publisher, was titled "GALLUP: Bush Finally Tops Nixon -- In Unpopularity -- As Call for Iraq Pullout Hits New Peak."

Gallup details Bush's falling numbers in a series of graphs. . . They note that Bush's "strongly disapprove" rating is the highest Gallup has ever measured for a US president, though the category is not polled in every survey. . .

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