Released: November 22, 2004 President’s Job Performance Rating Breaks Ceiling with 51%; Nearly Half (49%) Now Say US Headed in Right Direction; Powell Exits with 88% Favorability Rating While Other Top Cabinet Members Receive Mixed Reviews, Rumsfeld (47%) and Rice (53%); Electorate Uncertain About President’s Nominees, New Zogby Poll Reveals After scoring below fifty percent in several pre and post-election surveys, President George W. Bush’s job performance rating has risen to 51%, with nearly half of respondents (49%) now saying that the US is headed in the right direction, according to a new Zogby America survey. The telephone poll of...