GALLUP: Little Change in Negative Images of Bush and Cheney (both at 63% unfavorable)

[jefferson_dem]

Little Change in Negative Images of Bush and Cheney
Favorable ratings for both are at or near their all-time lows
Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- Neither George W. Bush's deliberate silence about the Obama administration nor Dick Cheney's ready criticism of it appear to have altered U.S. public perceptions about either man. The former president and former vice president are each viewed unfavorably by 63% of Americans, very similar to where they stood with the public in their final White House years.



The last reading on Bush's favorability that Gallup recorded during his presidency came in a Jan. 9-11, 2009, survey. At that time, 40% of Americans viewed him favorably and 59% unfavorably. However, this represented an unusual spurt in positive feelings toward Bush, possibly due to changes in media coverage of the embattled president as his term ended, or because of Americans' generally buoyant mood leading up to Inauguration Day. (Barack Obama's favorable reading in the same survey was also higher than in previous and subsequent polling.)

The 35% of Americans viewing Bush favorably today is close to his all-time low of 32% in April 2008, and matches a favorable rating from August of that year. Bush's ratings have consistently been in negative territory since July 2005, a sharp contrast to his generally positive image throughout his first term.



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http://www.gallup.com/poll/117250/Little-Change-Negative-Images-Bush-Cheney.aspx

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. That seems a little low. 75-85% would seem about right but I guess you can fool some of the people

all of the time.

[OnyxCollie]

2. Republican are the most gullible,

most stupid, blind nationalist motherfuckers on the planet.