Bush Hits Rock-Bottom in Opinion Poll

Source: Alalam.ir, 18-06-2008

WASHINGTON--US President George W Bush's popularity rate has hit the rock-bottom, with less than one-fourth of Americans thinking he is doing a good job, a poll has revealed.

A meager 24 percent of respondents gave Bush a positive rating, a score "worse than that of any president, except for Jimmy Carter (22 percent in July 1980)," the Harris polling agency said.

The poll also showed 80 percent think the US is on the wrong track, with economy and record gas prices topping popular woes.

The rating showed a five percent increase from the previous high during the Bush presidency: 75 percent in April.

Furthermore, the survey of 1,001 US adults, which was conducted by telephone between June 4 and 8 by Harris Interactive, showed that Americans were in "a foul political mood," the polling agency said.

It added that when asked, without being prompted or shown a list, which are the two most important issues for the government to address, the economy (38 percent) gets the most mentions, followed by the war (25 percent but another nine percent mention Iraq) and gas and oil prices (20 percent).

Prices paid by US motorists for a gallon (around 3.5 liters) of petrol have risen from around three dollars in January to more than four dollars this month.
Bush's previous low came in April, when only 26 percent of Americans said he was doing a good job.

Vice President Dick Cheney fared even worse than the president, with just 18 percent of Americans expressing satisfaction with him.

His previous low score was a 21-percent positive rating in July last year.