GW Bush lost even Republican support after Katrina

[edhopper]

From the upper 80s and 90s % to the lower 70s and 60s % according to Gallup.

But I no longer think Republicans care about the failure of their leaders. I will be surprised if this disaster in Texas has any affect on GOP support there.

It is both scary and sad

[Polybius]

1. That's not why he lost support

Around that time, his wars started becoming very unpopular, and the economy soured badly. Today, he is not well-liked by Republicans at all. His father lost lots of support too, and never regained it.

[edhopper]

3. Katrina was 2005

the economy did not downturn until 2008.

[Polybius]

6. Republicans in general don't care much about others

Maybe in LA he lost their support because of it, not much elsewhere. If you remember, his support started going down since 2003 or earlier. He was quite unpopular in 2004, which is why his re-election race was a tossup.

[edhopper]

7. In general yes

but he maintained his popularity among Republicans until Katrina. I have looked at the Gallup poll numbers for this.

[TwilightZone]

2. Not sure I agree.

There's a massive amount of blame being placed on Abbott and others in the Texas GOP from pretty much everywhere at the moment. This could potentially cost him his job, though he has a pretty big electoral cushion.

Everyone knows that the current disaster is due primarily to the policies of Perry and then Abbott. Perry is trying to shift focus away from Abbott by being his usual idiotic self. I suppose he figures he has nothing to lose.

[edhopper]

4. I would like to see you being right

but after Trump still commanding GOP support after inciting insurrection, I am not hopeful.

[TwilightZone]

5. His approval dropped, including with Republicans.

Pew had him at 60% approval with the GOP on January 20th, by far the lowest of his presidency, and 30% off his peak.

"How we know the drop in Trump’s approval rating in January reflected a real shift in public opinion"

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/20/how-we-know-the-drop-in-trumps-approval-rating-in-january-reflected-a-real-shift-in-public-opinion/

As time goes by and the insurrectionists start facing trials and his culpability continues to increase, I think his approval will continue to drop. Some of the diehards will never leave, of course, but I think that group will grow smaller over time.

[edhopper]

8. Looks like he is back up

to 75%.