His father's lowest was 29%, so baby boy is even with Daddy. Nixon was at 27% at the time of his resignation. Oh, it is a thing of beauty! -- CDD
By E&P Staff
Published: May 11, 2006 11:10 PM ET
NEW YORK President Bush’s job approval rating has fallen to 29%, its lowest mark of his presidency, and down 6% in one month, according to a new Harris poll. And this was before Thursday's revelations about NSA phone surveillance.
Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty good” job as president, down from 35% in April and 43% in January.
Roughly one-quarter of U.S. adults say “things in the country are going in the right direction,” while 69% say “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track.”
Some 28% of Americans said they consider Iraq to be one of the top two most important issues the government should address, up from 23% in April. Interest has faded slightly in the immigration issue.
Other recent major polls have pegged Bush's approval rating from 31% to 37%.
