Bush's Poll Numbers Tumble

Posted on April 26, 2005

President Bush's poll numbers are falling because of the situation in Iraq. Editor and Publisher reports on the latest Gallup poll, and it's not good news for the White House. 50% if all Americans now believe that the Bush administration deliberately misled the country about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

"This is the highest percentage that Gallup has found on this measure since the question was first asked in late May 2003," the pollsters observed. "At that time, 31% said the administration deliberately misled Americans. This sentiment has gradually increased over time, to 39% in July 2003, 43% in January/February 2004, and 47% in October 2004."
Also, according to the latest poll, more than half of Americans, 54%, disapprove of the way President Bush is handling the situation in Iraq, while 43% approve. In early February, Americans were more evenly divided on the way Bush was handling the situation in Iraq, with 50% approving and 48% disapproving. Last week Gallup reported that 53% now believe that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was "not worth it."

The Gallup poll, coupled with the pathetic state of the War on Terror is not good news for a president who said that he'd better get his favorite legislation pushed through early in 2005 or he'd be "quacking like a duck" before the first year of his second term ended.