President George W. Bush: Majority (57%) Call Him Conservative
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Americans view President George W. Bush as politically conservative. Nineteen percent (19%) say the 43rd president of the United States is politically moderate, while 11% see him as liberal. The survey’s responses place President Bush 29 points to the right of the nation’s political center. As a point of comparison, one of the likely contenders to replace Bush when his term ends, New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, scores 55 points to the left. Republican Senator John McCain is nine points away from the political center.
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