Three out of four Americans, including large numbers of Republicans, blame President George W. Bush's policies for the nation's deteriorating economy during the last eight years, a poll published on Wednesday said.
Among those polled, 75 percent said the country's economic condition has worsened, compared with 9 percent of respondents who said the economic condition has become better off since Bush became president, according to the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
The poll reflected a sharp increase in public pessimism during the last year.
Among Republicans, 42 percent said the country is worse off, while 26 percent said it is about the same, and only 22 percent thought economic conditions has improved, the poll showed.
The economic pessimism has deepened sharply in the last year, intensified by higher fuel prices, the poll found.
When the question about economic conditions was asked in March 2007, 24 percent of respondents said Bush's policies had improved the nation's economy and 46 percent said they had made it worse.
The increased unhappiness was also reflected in an all-time low in Bush's approval rating -- just 23 percent now, compared with 34 percent in February, according to the poll.
The Times/Bloomberg poll, conducted June 19-23, interviewed 1, 233 adults nationwide. The poll's margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
Source:Xinhua
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