George W. Bush has stepped out of the public eye since leaving office, but absence hasn't made the nation’s heart grow fonder.
The 43rd President of the United States is the most unpopular living former president, a CNN/ORC International poll has found, as only 43% of people surveyed said they had a favorable opinion of him and 54% viewed him unfavorably.
The negative rating puts Bush far behind his fellow living ex-Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Dubya’s father, George H.W. Bush.
Clinton nabbed a 66% favorable rating, Carter scored a 54% rating, and 59% of those polled said they had a positive view of Bush Sr.
"Don't be surprised if the Obama campaign mentions the name of George W. Bush at every opportunity, and don't be surprised if that strategy works," CNN polling director Keating Holland said in the network’s report. "And the mention of Bush's name appears to prompt at least a few people to take a more positive view of their current financial situation."
The poll found that when people were asked if they were better or worse off than they were four years ago, they were split 44% to 43%, but that they had a slightly more negative reaction when the question was phrased with Bush's name — as in, are you better off now than you were four years ago "when Bush was President?”
When phrased that way, 47% of people said they were better off now, while 41% preferred life under the former President.
Despite the bad ratings for Bush, the poll does represent an improvement over his popularity in 2009 as he handed over the White House to Obama.
“I don’t give a darn,” Bush told Larry King in 2009, when asked about polls that put his approval rating between 25% and 30%.
“I feel the same as when they had me at 90-plus,” he said. “These opinion polls are nothing but a shot of yesterday’s news.”
Source : http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/george-w-bush-unpopular-living-ex-president-poll-article-1.1091445#ixzz1xCd94Iu5
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