Bush Approval At Lowest Level Ever In New York (22% approval)

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Bush Approval At Lowest Level Ever In New York

ALBANY, N.Y. -- With almost four in 10 voters calling for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, President Bush's approval rating has sunk to its lowest level ever in New York, 22 percent, according to a statewide poll released Thursday.

The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found 74 percent of New York voters disapprove of Bush's handling of the Iraq war. The Republican president's approval rating was 33 percent in January of this year in a Quinnipiac poll of New York voters.

Bush's approval rating, which has also plummeted nationally, peaked at 82 percent in New York in November 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"President Bush just keeps going down, down, down in this oh so blue state," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Hamden, Conn.-based polling institute.