Harris Poll: Bush Approval Drops to 26%

July 12, 2007
Harris Poll: Bush Approval Drops to 26%

President George W. Bush’s job performance continues to move downward as just one-quarter (26%) of U.S. adults currently view his job performance positively. This is the lowest since he took
office and is tied with Richard Nixon’s lowest ratings in the months before Watergate. Almost three-quarter of adults (73%) view the president’s job performance in a negative light.

Vice President Dick Cheney also continues to see record low job approval – just one in five (21%) of adults view him in a positive light while three-quarters (74%) view his job performance negatively.

One in five adults (19%) currently view the country as going in the right direction while 70 percent say it is going off on the wrong track. These are the lowest numbers for right direction since 1992, when the first President Bush was losing his re-election bid. In June of that year, 12 percent of adults thought the country was going in the right direction while 81 percent said it was going off on the wrong track.