GALLUP: Bush Tops Nixon -- In Unpopularity

November 1, 2007
GALLUP: Bush Tops Nixon -- In Unpopularity

NEW YORK For almost two years, President Bush has been threatening to unseat Richard M. Nixon as the most unpopular president in the history of the Gallup poll, and it finally happened this
week.

The latest USA TODAY/Gallup survey finds Bush with a 31% approval rating -- and for the first
time ever in the polling history, 50% say they "strongly disapprove" of a president.

The previous high (or low?) was a 48% strong disapproval rating for Nixon at the worst moments
of Watergate in 1974.