"Miss Me Yet?" W's Approval Rating Doubles

George W. Bush's favorable rating has pulled a complete 180

George W. Bush's favorable rating has grown from 33% to 61% since he left office
Bush holds a majority favorable rating among every demographic group but liberals
He spoke out against Trump about bigotry and white supremacy in 2017

[quote]Washington (CNN)George W. Bush has turned his unpopularity upside down.

Six in 10 Americans, 61%, say they now have a favorable view of the 43rd President of the United States in the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS, nearly double the 33% who gave him a favorable mark when he left the White House in January 2009.

His mark is lower than Barack Obama's 66% favorable rating in the same poll, but significantly higher than the 40% favorable rating for President Donald Trump.

Most of Bush's climb back to popularity came from Democrats and independents. His favorability mark among Democrats has soared from only 11% in February 2009 to a majority 54% now.[/quote]
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/george-w-bush-favorable-poll/index.html

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

I don’t miss Bush. He got us into an unnessesary war on false pretenses that killed nearly a million civilians, and set the whole region on fire with little to show for it. I can’t forgive that, even if he did always seem to be an essentially likeable guy.

Also the economy had a complete meltdown on his watch, and one his administration should have been able to see coming.