1.   For Bush, the worst news is that for the first time more voters had an unfavorable rating of him than favorable.

2.   His unfavorable ratings consistently exceed the job disapproval ratings of President Clinton.

3.   In comparison, another first lady, Nancy Reagan, often drew criticism, but her favorable ratings were always three times as high as her unfavorable ratings.

4.   In recent polls his overall unfavorable ratings among the public have declined a bit from their peak at the time of the Republican congressional victories a year ago.

5.   Neither of them has seen the kind of sharp increases in unfavorable rating that normally accompany these kinds of negative campaigns.

6.   Other polls have suggested that Reno would have difficulty defeating Bush and that her unfavorable rating is too high to overcome.

7.   His name recognition and unfavorable ratings have climbed in tandem.

8.   Meantime, Cheney shrugged off a new poll showing his unfavorable ratings among voters was growing.

9.   The Marist and Quinnipiac polls both found Clinton and Lazio had nearly identical unfavorable ratings among voters after a barrage of negative TV and radio ads from both sides.