Fuente : Centre for Public Opinion & Democracy
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Bush Approval At 51% On Inauguration Day

/noticias.info/ (Angus Reid - CPOD Global Scan) – George W. Bush begins his second term in office with steady numbers, according to a poll by Gallup released by CNN and USA Today. 51 per cent of respondents in the United States approve of the president’s performance.

The average approval rating for Bush during his first term ranks as the fourth highest for an American head of state in a Gallup poll since 1945, at 62.1 per cent. Only Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower posted higher numbers than Bush, although Johnson and Kennedy did not serve full four-year terms.

The current president’s numbers increased dramatically in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to a high of 90 per cent. Bush’s lowest rating in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll was 46 per cent, after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in May 2004.

Polling Data

Do you approve or disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

Jan. 14-16
Jan. 7-9
Dec. 17-19

Approve
51%
52%
49%

Disapprove
46%
44%
46%



Average Term Approval Rating

Lyndon Johnson (1963-1965)
74.2%

John Kennedy (1961-1963)
70.1%

Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1957)
69.6%

George W. Bush (2001-2005)
62.1%

George H. Bush (1989-1993)
60.9%

Bill Clinton (1997-2001)
60.7%

Dwight Eisenhower (1957-1961)
60.5%

Harry Truman (1945-1949)
56.9%

Richard Nixon (1969-1973)
55.8%

Ronald Reagan (1985-1989)
55.3%

Lyndon Johnson (1965-1969)
50.3%

Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
50.3%

Bill Clinton (1993-1997)
49.5%

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
47.2%

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
45.5%

Harry Truman (1949-1953)
35.4%

Richard Nixon (1973-1974)
34.4%


Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,008 American adults, conducted from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent. notas_de_prensa_archivo