COLUMBUS -- A poll released Friday says that more Ohioans disapproved of the job Gov. Bob Taft is doing than any governor in the poll's 24-year history.

The Ohio Poll, sponsored and conducted by the University of Cincinnati, found that 55 percent of those surveyed disapproved of the way Taft, a Cincinnati Republican, was handling his job. Thirty-four percent approved of Taft's job performance and 11 percent neither approved or disapproved. Taft's previous disapproval rating in the poll was 43 percent in February 2004.

The telephone poll was taken March 21-April 10 among 846 adults statewide. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The previous highest disapproval rating was Taft's 50 percent rating in April 2003. Democratic Gov. Richard Celeste holds the all-time low for approval -- 32 percent in April 1983. However, 23 percent neither approved or disapproved so Celeste's disapproval rating was 45 percent.

The Ohio Poll also found that 49 percent of adults statewide approved of the way President Bush is handling his job. Fifty percent disapproved and 1 percent neither approved or disapproved.