Fox Poll: Final Numbers on Bush

Fox News has published its final poll of George W. Bush's presidency. Here are the numbers:

Bush Job Approval
Current: 34%
First term average: 61%
Second term average: 37%
Entire Presidency: 51%

In related questions, 72% say they believe Bush is a "good person. Thirty percent believe history will be "kind" to Bush, 53% think it will be "cruel" to him and 12% say it will be "mixed."

Congress job approval is at 23%, up 10 points from its low of 13% back on October 8-9 of last year.

Favorable/Unfavorable Ratings
Laura Bush +63 (75/12)
Barack Obama +61 (76/15)
Michelle Obama +50 (65/15)
John McCain +35 (64/29)
Joe Biden +34 (58/24)
George W. Bush +3 (49/46)
Sarah Palin +9 (49/40)

Just for posterity, Rod Blagojevich finished with a net -52 approval rating (5/57). The good news? That was more than 20 points better than Fidel Castro. The bad news? Blago finished twenty points behind Horrible Hugo Chavez, who had an 11% favorable rating and a 43% unfavorable rating.

The mood in the country remains sour, but also optimistic. Only 20% are "satisfied" with the way things are going in the country today, while 79% are unsatisfied. Yet 77% say they're optimistic about the future of the United States over the next ten years.

As with other surveys, the Fox poll shows the public with a great degree of confidence in President-elect Obama. 75% believe he will be able to "make significant positive change for the country."

Half of those surveyed think expectations for Obama and his team are "unrealistic" while 43% say they are "realistic." Sixty-seven percent say Obama is so far "meeting" or "exceeding" expectations, 11% say he's "falling below" expectations, and another 20% say it's too soon to tell.



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