The president's lowest rating came in June last year, when it plunged to 35 percent.

But in the fourth quarter, the annual rate of growth plunged to 1.8 percent.

His shooting average has plunged to less than 38 percent.

In the May report, the forecast plunged to 3 percent.

The following two years produced similar results, but in 2006 the figure plunged to 32 percent.

And by last year, in local elections, the turnout plunged to 10 percent.

The yield on the 30-year bond plunged to 6.85 percent, down from 6.95 Wednesday.

By last summer, it had plunged to 48 percent.

That figure plunged to around 50 percent in a Times survey taken a month after the terrorist attacks.

But the support plunges to 41 percent when it comes to sending about 150,000 additional troops.