King George is hosed in poll numbers in Kalifornia: Rival Those of Nixon

There's no love between Californians and George W. Bush. On war and the economy, his approval ratings in the state have tanked to Nixon-like numbers.

Just 26 percent of California voters surveyed by the Field Poll approved of the president's performance in office -- nearly reaching the record low 24 percent approval rating of former President Richard Nixon in August 1974, just before his resignation over the Watergate scandal.

The poll showed that just 24 percent of the state's voters saw the president's performance in Iraq in a positive light, compared with 72 percent who viewed it negatively.