Poll: 75% glad Bush is done

(CNN) — A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans feel President Bush’s departure from office is coming not a moment too soon. Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Friday said they’re glad Bush is going; 23 percent indicated they’ll miss him.

“Earlier this year, Bush scored some of the lowest presidential approval ratings we’ve seen in half a century, so it’s understandable that the public is eager for a new president to step in,” said Keating Holland, CNN polling director.

The portion who say they won’t miss Bush is 24 percentage points higher than the 51% who said they wouldn’t miss President Bill Clinton when he left office in January 2001. 45% of those questioned at that time said they would miss Clinton. The poll indicates that Bush compares poorly with his presidential predecessors, with 28% saying that he’s the worst ever. 40% rate Bush’s presidency as poor, and 31% say he’s been a good president.
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