Posted on 08/21/2003 6:40:53 AM PDT by areafiftyone
President George W. Bush’s job performance rating has slipped to 52% positive, 48% negative, according to a poll of 1,011 likely U.S. voters by Zogby International. From a post-September 11th peak of 82%, his rating has slipped steadily with the exception of a slight increase following the official end of the war in Iraq. Bush Job Performance Event Positive % Negative % August 16-19, 2003 Current 52 48 July 16-17, 2003 Current 53 46 June 10, 2003 Post Iraqi War 58 41 March 16, 2003 Pre Iraqi War 54 45 September 25, 2002 One year Post 9/11 64 36 September 23, 2001 Post 9/11 82 17 August 27, 2001 Pre 9/11 50 49 April 26, 2001 100 Days in Office 52 44 January 16, 2001 Pre Inauguration 42 36 The ‘down’ trend is also seen in the percent of likely voters who say it’s time for someone new in the White House (48%), compared to 45% who said the President deserves to be re-elected.
Date Re-Elect % Someone New % August 16-19, 2003 45 48 July 16-17, 2003 46 47 June 10, 2003 49 38 January 27, 2003 49 41 October 25, 2002 49 35 September 25, 2002 49 38 Nearly three in five (58%) respondents say they have a favorable opinion of the President as a person, while 40% say their opinion is unfavorable. In July polling, his rating was 57% favorable, 42% unfavorable. Date % Favorable % Unfavorable August 16-19, 2003 58 40 July 16-17, 2003 57 42 January 27, 2003 66 33 July 22, 2002 72 25 April 5, 2002 82 17 July 30, 2001 57 36 February 15, 2001 64 14 Just over two in five (43%) likely voters say they would choose President Bush over a Democratic candidate, and a like number (43%) preferred a Democrat if the election were held today, compared to July polling by Zogby International where 48% would choose Bush and 43% would favor any Democrat. The Zogby America poll involved 1,011 likely voters selected randomly from throughout the 48 contiguous states using listed residential telephone numbers. Polling was conducted from Zogby International’s Call Center in Utica, NY on August 16-19, 2003. The poll has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.2%. Additional tracking information can be seen at www.zogby.com, Trends Over Time.
Also, the economy is improving, but not quite there yet.
And, undoubtedly, W has lost some of the conservative base. He can probably get it back by ignoring Rove, and vetoing the AW ban or something along those lines.
On the "Conservative" front, I'm still waiting for recess appointments of Presilla Owen and the other judicial nominees. What was the point of throwing Trent Lott out on his ass, when all we got was Bill Frist, twice the pussy that Lott ever was? If all we can expect from this White House is to bend over on the USSC Michigan decision and to bend over the Chuck Schumer's litmus tests in the Senate, that is a pretty dispiriting situation. It's hard to criticize Schwarzenegger's "moderate" politics when Bush isn't doing much better.
Have any of you EVER been polled? Just stop and think about something for a moment, if these polls are "selected randomly using listed residential telephone numbers", why have probably NONE of us ever been polled? Selected randomly? My @$$! I know quite a few RATs who have been polled, but I never have. Something stinks with Zogby polls.
Like I said...DNC talking points and media ho's.
What a shame the Dems can't run "no choice". No choice seems to get a plurality when given a list of the potential candidates. And, it's how the Dems seem to "win" in these surveys...when no candidate is named!
Unless it has been moved to Inida
You're right that he is not really a conservative; he's more of a moderate, who leans conservative on some issues. Not quite to the Olympia Snowe level, though.
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