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On top of what others have said, I think you could look at Biden as well. Most people don't believe he will be mentally capable to do a second term. That's kind of scary when most people question the mental faculties of the leader of our country. I don't think most people thought Bush was on the edge of dementia. There's also the insane inflation that we've had since Biden taken office that has lead to a record number of people saying that they are worse off financially since Biden taking office. No other president has had such a high number. I think it's in 4x% range but can't remember. When you have two presidents that suck in a row like this, it makes people look back at Bush and think that maybe he wasn't actually that bad.
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"On the heels of Biden’s official announcement for reelection, 63% of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll say they don’t think the 80-year-old is mentally sharp enough to run the nation effectively and 62% believe Biden is not in good enough physical health to be in the Oval Office."
"The big hit on Biden is the economy: With inflation moderating but still high, 41 percent say they're not as well off financially as they were when Biden took office, the most in nearly three dozen ABC/Post polls to ask the question"
Comment by senoricceman at 09/05/2023 at 23:45 UTC
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No one has been saying that maybe Bush wasn’t that bad. The main thing is Dems don’t hate Bush as much as they once did. That doesn’t mean they’d like him back. Also, to many Republican voters Bush is a figure of the establishment that they’ve grown to hate. Also, you seem to be placing unfair blame on Biden.
Comment by [deleted] at 09/05/2023 at 17:24 UTC
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I don't think this is the case at all, especially considering that his disapproval among republicans has been skyrocketing since Trump came on the scene[1]. It's mostly that distain for Trump just sort of replaced distain for W among Dems and people who lean left.
1: https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/george-w-bush-favorable-poll/index.html
Also, I don't think anyone is looking at the economy under Biden and pining for W. 2008 wasn't recent, but it wasn't *that* long ago that people have forgotten it.