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 Bush's approval rating surged to 74 percent at the beginning of the [[Iraq War]], up 19 points from his pre-war rating of 55 percent.<ref>{{cite news |title=Modest Bush Approval Rating Boost at War's End |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2003/04/18/modest-bush-approval-rating-boost-at-wars-end/ |work=[[Pew Research Center]] |date=April 18, 2003}}</ref> Bush's approval rating went below the 50 percent mark in [[Associated Press|AP]]-[[Ipsos]] polling in December 2004.<ref name="Taipei Times">{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/10/2003351719 |title=Bush's job approval rating creeps up in AP-Ipsos poll |newspaper=Taipei Times |date=March 10, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-date=June 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613223621/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/10/2003351719 }}</ref> Thereafter, his approval ratings and approval of his handling of domestic and foreign policy issues steadily dropped. After his re-election in 2004, Bush received increasingly heated criticism from across the political spectrum<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=May 5, 2006 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12643666 |title=Republican right abandoning Bush |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=June 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184608,00.html|title=Illegal Immigration, Unchecked Spending Siphon Conservatives From GOP Base|last=Vlahos|first=Kelley B.|date=February 13, 2006|access-date=May 11, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304202422/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C184608%2C00.html|archive-date=March 4, 2009|publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref name="Baker">Baker, Kevin, {{cite news|url=http://www.americanheritage.com/content/second-term-blues|title=Second-Term Blues: Why Have Our Presidents Almost Always Stumbled after Their First Four Years?|date=Aug–Sep 2006|work=[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613010021/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/second-term-blues|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}</ref> for his handling of the [[Iraq War]], his [[Political effects of Hurricane Katrina|response to Hurricane Katrina]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/609550 |title=Katrinagate fury spreads to US media |publisher=[[TVNZ]] |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-date=July 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717043601/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/609550 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Mike M. |last=Ahlers |publisher=CNN |date=April 14, 2006 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/14/fema.ig/index.html |title=Report: Criticism of FEMA's Katrina response deserved |access-date=March 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425041656/http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/14/fema.ig/index.html |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/hurricaneprep_05-09-06.html|title=Online NewsHour Update: Amid Widespread Criticism, Government Prepares for Next Hurricane Season|date=May 9, 2006|publisher=[[PBS]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812084219/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/hurricaneprep_05-09-06.html|archive-date=August 12, 2010|access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref> and to the [[Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse]], [[NSA warrantless surveillance]], the [[Plame affair]], and [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] controversies.<ref name="Unchecked and Unbalanced">{{cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |title=Unchecked and Unbalanced |work=The New York Times |date=July 6, 2007 |access-date=September 1, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/books/06book.html |archive-date=July 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721082028/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/books/06book.html }}</ref>
-Amid this criticism, the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] regained control of Congress in the [[2006 midterm elections]]. Polls conducted in 2006 showed an average of 37 percent approval ratings for Bush,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |title=President Bush – Overall Job Rating |work=Polling Report |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913124937/http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref> the lowest for any second-term president at that point in his term since [[Harry S. Truman]] in March 1951 (when Truman's approval rating was 28 percent),<ref name="Taipei Times" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/bushs_secondter.html |title=Bush's second-term slump |last=Silva |first=Mark |work=The Swamp |date=March 7, 2007 |access-date=April 27, 2007 |archive-date=April 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422082820/http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/bushs_secondter.html }}</ref> which contributed to what Bush called the "thumping" of the Republican Party in the 2006 elections.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 8, 2006 |first=Steve |last=Holland |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-bush-idUSN0747831720061108 |title=Bush admits Republicans took a "thumping" |work=Reuters |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415020025/https://www.reuters.com/article/2006/11/08/us-usa-elections-bush-idUSN0747831720061108 |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout most of 2007, Bush's approval rating hovered in the mid-thirties;<ref>{{cite web |title=President Bush Job Approval |access-date=September 1, 2008 |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/ |publisher=RealClearPolitics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827165022/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/ |archive-date=August 27, 2008 }}</ref> the average for his entire second term was 37 percent, according to Gallup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx |title=George W. Bush Presidential Job Approval |access-date=July 12, 2012 |newspaper=Gallup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402045152/http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx |archive-date=April 2, 2009 }}</ref>
+Amid this criticism, the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] regained control of Congress in the [[2006 midterm elections]]. Polls conducted in 2006 showed an average of 37 percent approval ratings for Bush,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |title=President Bush – Overall Job Rating |work=Polling Report |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913124937/http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref> the lowest for any second-term president at that point in his term since Harry S. Truman in March 1951 (when Truman's approval rating was 28 percent),<ref name="Taipei Times" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/bushs_secondter.html |title=Bush's second-term slump |last=Silva |first=Mark |work=The Swamp |date=March 7, 2007 |access-date=April 27, 2007 |archive-date=April 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422082820/http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/03/bushs_secondter.html }}</ref> which contributed to what Bush called the "thumping" of the Republican Party in the 2006 elections.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 8, 2006 |first=Steve |last=Holland |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-bush-idUSN0747831720061108 |title=Bush admits Republicans took a "thumping" |work=Reuters |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415020025/https://www.reuters.com/article/2006/11/08/us-usa-elections-bush-idUSN0747831720061108 |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout most of 2007, Bush's approval rating hovered in the mid-thirties;<ref>{{cite web |title=President Bush Job Approval |access-date=September 1, 2008 |url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/ |publisher=RealClearPolitics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827165022/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/ |archive-date=August 27, 2008 }}</ref> the average for his entire second term was 37 percent, according to Gallup.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx |title=George W. Bush Presidential Job Approval |access-date=July 12, 2012 |newspaper=Gallup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402045152/http://www.gallup.com/poll/116500/presidential-approval-ratings-george-bush.aspx |archive-date=April 2, 2009 }}</ref>
 [[File:Protesters 3, May 23, 2007.jpg|thumb|Protest against the [[Iraq War]] in New London, Connecticut on May 23, 2007]]
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 In April 2008, Bush's disapproval ratings reached the highest ever recorded for any president in the 70-year history of the [[Gallup poll]], with 69 percent of those polled disapproving of the job Bush was doing as president and 28 percent approving{{snd}}although the majority (66 percent) of Republicans still approved of his job performance.<ref name="USAToday April 21, 2008-bushrating">{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Page |title=Disapproval of Bush breaks record |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-04-21-bushrating_N.htm |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=April 23, 2008 |date=April 22, 2008}}</ref>
-In polls conducted in the fall, just before the 2008 election, his approval ratings remained at record lows of 19 to 20 percent,<ref name="CBSNYTfinalpolls">{{cite news |last=CBS News |title=Bush's Final Approval Rating: 22% |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500160_162-4728399.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804091511/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500160_162-4728399.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2012 |publisher=CBS News |date=February 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ARGbushpolls">{{cite news |title=Republicans Give George W. Bush's Overall Job Approval Rating a Final Boost |access-date=January 25, 2009 |url=http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125052550/http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/ |archive-date=January 25, 2009 |newspaper=[[American Research Group]] |date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref> while his disapproval ratings ranged from 67 percent to as high as 75 percent.<ref name=ARGbushpolls /><ref>{{cite web |title=President Bush Overall Job Rating in National Polls |access-date=July 12, 2012 |url=http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |publisher=PollingReport.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203032408/http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref> In polling conducted January 9–11, 2009, his final job approval rating by Gallup was 34 percent, which placed him on par with [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Harry S. Truman]], the other presidents whose final Gallup ratings measured in the low 30s ([[Richard Nixon]]'s final Gallup approval rating was even lower, at 24 percent).<ref name="saadgall">{{cite news |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx |last=Saad |first=Lydia |title=Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval |publisher=Gallup.com |date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2009 |archive-date=January 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119053947/http://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx }}</ref> According to a [[CBS News]]/''New York Times'' poll conducted January 11–15, 2009, Bush's final approval rating in office was 22 percent, the lowest in American history.<ref name=CBSNYTfinalpolls />
+In polls conducted in the fall, just before the 2008 election, his approval ratings remained at record lows of 19 to 20 percent,<ref name="CBSNYTfinalpolls">{{cite news |last=CBS News |title=Bush's Final Approval Rating: 22% |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500160_162-4728399.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804091511/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500160_162-4728399.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=July 12, 2012 |publisher=CBS News |date=February 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ARGbushpolls">{{cite news |title=Republicans Give George W. Bush's Overall Job Approval Rating a Final Boost |access-date=January 25, 2009 |url=http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125052550/http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/ |archive-date=January 25, 2009 |newspaper=[[American Research Group]] |date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref> while his disapproval ratings ranged from 67 percent to as high as 75 percent.<ref name=ARGbushpolls /><ref>{{cite web |title=President Bush Overall Job Rating in National Polls |access-date=July 12, 2012 |url=http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |publisher=PollingReport.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203032408/http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2009 }}</ref> In polling conducted January 9–11, 2009, his final job approval rating by Gallup was 34 percent, which placed him on par with [[Jimmy Carter]] and Harry S. Truman, the other presidents whose final Gallup ratings measured in the low 30s ([[Richard Nixon]]'s final Gallup approval rating was even lower, at 24 percent).<ref name="saadgall">{{cite news |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx |last=Saad |first=Lydia |title=Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval |publisher=Gallup.com |date=January 14, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2009 |archive-date=January 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119053947/http://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx }}</ref> According to a [[CBS News]]/''New York Times'' poll conducted January 11–15, 2009, Bush's final approval rating in office was 22 percent, the lowest in American history.<ref name=CBSNYTfinalpolls />
 ==== Foreign perceptions ====