Bush Lowest Approval Since Nixon

Eight years ago, Bill Clinton left office with a 66 percent approval rating with only 29 percent of those polled disapproving his performance in office. In the poll, 34 percent of respondents approving the job that Bush is doing, while 61 percent disapproved. George H W Bush president left office in 1993 with a 56 percent job approval rating. He receives a slight uptick from the Republican chairman George W Bush faithful, but leaves the office with the lowest performance ratings of any president since Richard Nixon, according to a new Gallup poll. Ronald Reagan left the Oval Office, 20 years ago, with a positive assessment 63-29.