民調：布什支持率跌至歷史新低

民調：布什支持率跌至歷史新低
Bush's approval rating plunges to new low

US President Bush

US President George W. Bush's approval rating plunged to a new low of 26 percent, making him the least popular US president since Richard Nixon, a poll released on Thursday found.

The Newsweek magazine poll showed that only 26 percent of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing, marking his lowest level of backing since taking office in January 2001.

"In fact, the only president in the last 35 years to score lower than Bush is Richard Nixon," the report said.

"Nixon's approval rating tumbled to 23 percent in January 1974, seven months before his resignation over the botched Watergate break-in."

The survey found that the public's disillusionment with Bush spread from the Iraq war to domestic issues, with 73 percent of Americans disapproving of the job Bush has done with Iraq and a record-low 23 percent in favor.

Fifty percent said they disapproved of Bush's handling of homeland security and terrorism -- once a strong point for his administration following the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Sixty percent said they disapproved of his handling of the economy, 61 percent disapproved on health care and 63 percent disapproved on immigration.

A separate poll released one week ago by The Wall Street Journal and NBC news showed Bush's approval rate at 29 percent.

上週四公佈的一項民意調查發現，美國總統布什的支持率跌至26%的新低，這使他成爲自理查德·尼克松之後最不受歡迎的美國總統。

該項由《新聞週刊》開展的民意調查顯示，僅有26%的美國人支持布什總統，這是布什自2001年1月上任以來得到的最低支持率。

報道中說：“事實上，在過去35年中，支持率低於布什總統的只有尼克松。”

“尼克松的支持率於1974年1月跌至23%，七個月後，他便因水門事件而辭職。”

調查發現，美國民衆對於布什總統的失望由伊拉克戰爭擴大至一些國內問題。73%的民衆不滿布什處理伊拉克問題的方式，表示滿意的民衆比率創下23%的新低。

50%的受訪民衆稱，他們不贊同布什總統在國土安全和恐怖主義問題上的處理方式。這個問題在美國遭受“911”襲擊後一度成爲布什政府的重心。

60%的民衆不滿布什在經濟方面的表現，另外，分別有61%和63%的民衆對其對衛生保健及移民問題的處理不滿。

《華爾街日報》和美國國家廣播公司一星期前公佈的另一項民意調查顯示，布什的支持率爲29%。