President bush’s approval rating fell at the end of his presidency in part because he lost the persian gulf war. sent us troops to panama. failed to stop the oklahoma city bombing. broke his promise not to raise new taxes.

President Bush’s approval rating fell at the end of his presidency in part because he broke his promise not to raise new taxes.

In the 1988 presidential elections, Bush launched a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as president, defeating his Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis. Domestically, Bush failed to fulfill one of his promises, specifically, that of not creating new types of taxes and after a fight with Congress, he signed an increase in taxes that Congress finally approved, which caused his approval to decline within the American population. In the wake of economic concerns, he lost the 1992 election against Bill Clinton.