Current Events > George W. Bush's approval rating has grown to 61%

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http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/george-w-bush-favorable-poll/index.html?sr=twCNN012218george-w-bush-favorable-poll0526PMVODtop

George W. Bush has turned his unpopularity upside down.

Six in 10 Americans, 61%, say they now have a favorable view of the 43rd President of the United States in the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS, nearly double the 33% who gave him a favorable mark when he left the White House in January 2009.

His mark is lower than Barack Obama's 66% favorable rating in the same poll, but significantly higher than the 40% favorable rating for President Donald Trump.
Most of Bush's climb back to popularity came from Democrats and independents. His favorability mark among Democrats has soared from only 11% in February 2009 to a majority 54% now.

In fact, Bush holds a majority favorable rating among every demographic group but liberals -- including strong Democratic groups like nonwhites and people under 35 years old.

When it comes to Republicans, his marks are virtually the same as they were immediately after he left office. His favorability climbed from 76% among Republicans a month after he left office to 88% in a 2015 poll from CNN/ORC -- but it's fallen back down to 76% in the Trump era.

Despite the climb overall, Republican disapproval of the former president has tripled from 7% to 21% since 2015.

It's not uncommon for a president's favorability numbers to improve after leaving office. Bill Clinton's favorability climbed from 51% when he left office to 64% in a 2015 poll, though his favorable sank lower -- to 47% -- in October 2016 when his wife, Hillary Clinton, was pursuing her own White House bid. Obama's favorability has climbed from 59% shortly after Election Day to 66% now.

Bush has spoken out against the sitting GOP President a few times over the course of Trump's presidency so far.

"Our identity as a nation, unlike other nations, is not determined by geography or ethnicity, by soil or blood. ... This means that people from every race, religion, ethnicity can be full and equally American," Bush said at an October event. "It means that bigotry and white supremacy, in any form, is blasphemy against the American creed," he continued, adding that "bigotry seems emboldened."

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Thats what happens when you have a Stalin tier President
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Well, once you've had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a year, a bologna sandwich suddenly looks good.
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Wait, have they always had approval ratings for former Presidents? Why?
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Blue_Inigo posted...

Thats what happens when you have a Stalin tier President

Hey, Stalin actually accomplished some things.
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Bad. Criticizing Trumps terrible policy doesn't make up for his terrible policy. His rating should still be low
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

Well, once you've had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a year, a bologna sandwich suddenly looks good.

In my eyes, peanut butter and jelly is far superior. I hate bologna.
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Bush watching Trump fuck-up constantly

Axiom posted...

Bush watching Trump fuck-up constantly

LOL fuck up? Taxes are down and the economy is up. Donald Trump could walk on water and people like you would whine that he's too lazy to swim.
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Stupid trend. He put us in a horrible war which has killed a lot of people. I dont think hes a bad man, but I think he listened to some awful people and made poor decisions. He looks favorable compared to Trump because he isnt a cock, but Trump hasnt done anything disastrous on a similar scale.
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EnragedSlith posted...

but Trump hasnt done anything disastrous on a similar scale.

Not for lack of trying, mind you.
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Insane byproduct of so many liberals suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. George W. Bush was so much objectively worse at this point in his presidency than Trump that the disagreement has to be viewed as lunacy.
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The Admiral posted...

liberals

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K181 posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

Thats what happens when you have a Stalin tier President

Hey, Stalin actually accomplished some things.

Thats....not how we should be remembering Stalin.
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'Miss me yet?' - JEB! Bush
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BLAKUboy posted...

Wait, have they always had approval ratings for former Presidents? Why?

A lot of the effects from presidents down appear until later down the road.
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typical american short memory or just trump lowering the bar? Hard to tell
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