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Dip in popularity

LOS ANGELES: The honeymoon is over for California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician is facing plummeting popularity. An opinion poll this week showed Mr. Schwarzenegger with an approval rating of only 34 per cent — a 31-point drop in the past year. This puts him even lower than U.S. President George W. Bush, who won an approval rating of 38 per cent from Californians interviewed for the survey. Mr. Schwarzenegger tried to gloss over the dismal ratings in a series of radio interviews. He won the election on a reformist platform in November 2003, promising to do away with ``politics as usual'' and to go directly to the voters if state politicians refused to embrace his ideas.

— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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