A new Gallup poll tests how former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney have fared in public opinion since they left office. The answer: Badly.
Bush’s favorable rating is only 35%, with 63% unfavorable. Cheney is at 30% favorable to 62% unfavorable.
Bush’s popularity had been inching up a bit over the course of the 2008 campaign and as he was on the way out — up to a high of 40% favorable and 59% unfavorable in early January — but his numbers now are back near the all-time low of 32% favorable and 66% unfavorable from April 2008.
