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President Bush Job Approval
Presidential Approval Index: Bush -30
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In the final full month of his Presidency, just 13% of American adults said they Strongly Approved of the way that George W. Bush performed his job as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapproved. That gives the President a -30 rating on the Presidential Approval Index (daily updates are available along with ratings of the President-elect).

Overall, 35% say that they at least somewhat approve of way the President has handled his job. That’s unchanged from November and among the lowest monthly ratings ever earned by the President.

Bush’s overall approval rating had never fallen below 35% before April of this year. However, it has now been below that level for six of the last nine months.

The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. Rasmussen Reports believes that this is a better measure of public perceptions than the overall approval ratings. The Index is updated daily for both President Bush and President-elect Obama. Obama’s ratings are currently based upon the way he is handling the role of President-elect.

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Rasmussen Reports updates the President's Job Approval on a monthly basis based upon nightly telephone interviews with 500 adults. In any review of job approval data, the trends are more important than the precise number. Many factors, especially question wording, can impact the particular approval rating percentage.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic media company specializing in the collection, publication and distribution of public opinion polling information.  We poll on a variety of topics in the fields of politics, business and lifestyle, updating our site’s content on a news cycle throughout the day, everyday.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade. To learn more about our methodology, click here.


Bush Job Approval October 2006 - Current

 

Approve

Disapprove

Dec 2008

35

62

Nov 2008

35

62

Oct 2008

33

64

Sept 2008

35

63

Aug 2008

34

63

Jul 2008

33

65

Jun 2008

32

65

May 2008

33

65

Apr 2008

34

63

Mar 2008

36

61

Feb 2008

37

60

Jan 2008

38

59

Dec

37

60

Nov

37

60

Oct

37

61

Sep

38

59

Aug

38

59

Jul

38

60

Jun

35

62

May

36

61

Apr

39

59

Mar

40

58

Feb

41

57

Jan 2007

41

57

Dates are release dates. Surveys conducted on preceding three nights.

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