Bush's approval rating hits new low

Reuters ^ | Mar 13, 2006

[jmc1969]

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released on Monday put President George W. Bush's approval rating at 36 percent, a new low for that poll but similar to his rating in other recent surveys.

The poll, taken Friday through Saturday, showed Bush's approval rating dropped from 38 percent in late February-early March.

Two-thirds, 67 percent, of respondents thought Bush did not have a clear plan for handling the situation in Iraq, said the poll of 1,001 adults, which had a margin of error of 3 percentage points.

[fr_freak]

Gosh, I guess he's not going to get re-elected.

[timsbella]

How many times was Katie Couric allowed to vote?

[jsk10]

Nope, doesn't look good for his re-election. Oh, unless he runs against a Democrat. I'd bet on Mondale before any of the current freaks from the Left.

[gondramB]

"Bush's approval rating hits new low"

We should just make this a sticky and change the date from time to time.

[slowhand520]

One footnote. He is the only president in history to have 25 different "lowest ever" ratings. (I am being sarcastic)

[HitmanLV]

There is a strong Freeper consensus that polls showing Dubya doing poorly are to be dismissed and disregarded.

I think that any one poll is suspect, but that when you look at several polls and they all tell the same basic story, you can't dismiss the message. The message is clear: Bush is a widely unpopular president of late.

[fhlh]

one poll after another... we'll see the same next month (only if the numbers are the same or lower).

[Froufrou]

"We should just make this a sticky and change the date from time to time."


That's a good idea...

[dead]

Must popularity be judged like a popularity contest?

[pabianice]

[Altair333]

I guess my question about all these polls which include much larger samples of Democrats is whether they are calling representative samples of America as a whole.

If they are, then the fact that so many more Americans now identify themselves as "democrats" portends very ill for the 2006 elections. Bush is a lame duck and has been a big disappointment to this conservative regardless. So I care less about Bush's poll numbers than the fact that these polls keep showing that about 10% more of the respondents identify themselves as Democrats than Republicans.

The fact that so many polls keep showing this phenomenon is worrisome to me.

[capt. norm]

I think that any one poll is suspect

Every one of them so far has been heavily over-weighted with Democrats.

If you believe in polls (look what happened in the 2004 presidential election) then you have to be a big believer in the "Tooth Fairy" and are likely to spot Elvis any day now.

[trebb]

Is this from the same poll - "Democrats have their biggest advantage since 1992 when poll respondents are asked if they favor Democratic or Republican congressional candidates. The spread: Democrats over Republicans 55% — 39%, a 16-percentage-point gap."?

If so, I wonder what the gap was in the make up of those polled?

[crv16]

Exactly. I'm not happy with GWB right now, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to vote for a Democrat.

That's the (false) impression the mainstream media is trying to portray.

[Hildy]

Let's all be honest here...Except for the WOT, which I wish he would be stonger with, how would we rate him as President? Huh? not to high, I think

[moose2004]

Then why does Rasmussen have him at 43/44% for the last week? I agree that Bush's numbers are nothing to write home about, but I don't believe the CBS poll, AP poll or this Gallup poll. Further, if someone did a poll of "likely to vote" respondents I'll wager Bush would be at 48/49%.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

When does W reach negative numbers ?

[Radix]

Fools respond to polls.

[oceanview]

this ports deal mis-step will pass. if Bush doesn't blow up the entire party over immigration, and if iraq doesn't shift to civil war - he's running at around a B+ in my book as far as legacy is concerned.