Politics | Bush approval ratings Bush Reaches Historic Low He gets higher disapproval ratings than Truman, Nixon By Caroline Zimmerman Posted May 1, 2008 6:55 PM CDT Copied President Bush makes a point during a speech at the Hartford Boys and Girls Club in Hartford, Conn., Friday, April 25, 2008. (Associated Press) George Bush is the most unpopular president in modern history with a 71% disapproval rating, a new CNN poll says. It's the first time any president has cracked the 70% mark in any CNN or Gallup poll—even Nixon remained in the mid-60s on the eve of his resignation in 1974. The previous record belonged to Harry Truman at 67%. "Support for the war, the assessment of the economy and approval of Mr. Bush are all about the same—bad," said one political analyst. The rating is distinct from Bush's approval rating of 28%, which is not a record low. Truman and Nixon reached 24% and 22% respectively. Read These Next Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. It's an unexpected footnote in the life of Buford Pusser. Bobby Prevost's childhood home is a new pilgrimage site. A Stone Age settlement swallowed by the sea has been rediscovered. Report an error