Approval?

Compare Bush's Gallup numbers to numbers taken of the six previous presidents at this point in their second term:

George W. Bush: 44 percent approval versus 51 percent disapproval


Clinton: 59 percent approval versus 35 percent disapproval

Reagan: 56 percent versus 37 percent disapproval

Nixon: 57 percent versus 34 percent

Johnson: 69 percent versus 21 percent

Eisenhower: 65 percent versus 20 percent

Truman: 57 percent versus 24 percent