February 21, 2008

Recession Fears Drag Bush's Approval Rating To New Low

No wonder President Bush has been spending so much time in Africa and has a full slate of foreign travel planned for the rest of his final year in office. With the economic crisis eating away at the pocketbooks and the confidence of the American public, the president's approval rating has sunk to a stunning new low of just 19 percent in the latest American Research Group survey -- the first time Bush's job approval has dipped into the teens.

Bush's plummeting approval numbers are matched only by the slide in consumer confidence, with 74 percent rating the economy negatively and 78 percent saying it's getting worse in the ARG poll. Only 14 percent said they approved of Bush's handling of the nation's finances.

For more on these and other new numbers on Bush and the economy, see today's Poll Track.

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