W approval rating continues to decline

strandinthewind · #1 10-17-2005, 07:34 PM

Bush's job rating continues to drop

Poll shows president's performance approval at low point

(CNN) -- President Bush's job approval rating continues to plummet, with 39 percent of Americans surveyed in the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll supporting his performance, compared to 58 percent expressing disapproval.

The approval rating was lowest the poll has recorded during Bush's presidency, down from 45 percent in a survey taken September 26-28, and the disapproval rating was up from 50 percent.

The latest poll results, released Monday, were based on interviews with 1,012 adult Americans conducted by telephone October 13-16. In both surveys, the questions on approval ratings had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Bush has seen his approval rating steadily decline since he was sworn in for a second term in January, when 57 percent approved of his handling of the job and 40 percent disapproved.

The rating in the September 26-28 poll was an uptick that reflected the public's generally favorable view of the way Bush handled Hurricane Rita. (Full story)

His previous low of 40 percent came earlier in September and reflected the public's strongly negative view of his actions following Hurricane Katrina. (Full story)

Until then, pollsters attributed the president's poll slippage largely to perceptions of the administration's handling of the war in Iraq. (Full story)

In the latest poll, Bush's support appeared to have eroded even among suburban residents, who had been among his strongest backers, falling from 51 percent in last month's poll to 41 percent in the latest survey.

Among urban residents, his approval rating did not budge from 34 percent, and among rural residents it was almost the same, 44 percent versus 45 percent last month.

The sampling error for these and other questions that were broken down among groups was plus or minus 7 percentage points in both polls.

Base remains supportive
Bush's base appeared to remain largely supportive, with 62 percent of respondents who described themselves as conservative approving of his performance, down from 68 percent last month.

Support from moderates fell from 40 percent to 32 percent, and remained about the same for liberals, rising from 14 percent to 17 percent.

And the GOP faithful remained overwhelmingly steadfast in their support, with 84 percent voicing approval, versus 85 percent in last month's poll.

That was not the case among those who identified themselves as Democrats, whose support for Bush dropped from 15 percent to 8 percent.

It appeared that many Americans do not know what to make of the travails of top Bush political adviser Karl Rove, who was interviewed again last week by a grand jury regarding his possible role in leaking the name of a CIA operative.

Asked their opinion Rove, 22 percent of respondents said it was favorable, down from 25 percent in July, and 39 percent said it was unfavorable, up from 34 percent in July.

But 39 percent said they were unsure, down from 41 percent in July's poll. Both questions had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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David · #2 10-17-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Bush's base appeared to remain largely supportive, with 62 percent of respondents who described themselves as conservative

What are they interested in conserving?

strandinthewind · #3 10-17-2005, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by David

What are they interested in conserving?

Their ill gotten gains

SteveMacD · #4 10-17-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by David

What are they interested in conserving?

Traditional American values. You know, the ones where we keep certain groups down. When the country was founded, that basically meant non-land owners, blacks, and women. These days, it's Muslims, blacks, and homosexuals.

Sorry. Weird day at the office.

ontheEdgeof17 · #5 10-17-2005, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Traditional American values. You know, the ones where we keep certain groups down. When the country was founded, that basically meant non-land owners, blacks, and women. These days, it's Muslims, blacks, and homosexuals.

Sad, but kinda true.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #6 10-17-2005, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Traditional American values. You know, the ones where we keep certain groups down. When the country was founded, that basically meant non-land owners, blacks, and women. These days, it's Muslims, blacks, and homosexuals.

Sorry. Weird day at the office.

Tell me lies tell me sweet little lies....

ShangriLaTroubl · #7 10-17-2005, 09:15 PM

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Tell me lies tell me sweet little lies....

Oh yes you're right, those groups are CERTAINLY respected by our government, riighhhttt?

Chris

SteveMacD · #8 10-17-2005, 09:30 PM

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Oh yes you're right, those groups are CERTAINLY respected by our government, riighhhttt?

What do you expect. He has a pic in his sig of a guy who forgot he had a penis standing next to some twat who's never seen a penis, but really, REALLY needs to see a penis. If that's the best conservatives can come up with, this country is screwed!

gldstwmn · #9 10-17-2005, 09:31 PM

I really don't know what to say about these reports anymore.

Johnny Stew · #10 10-17-2005, 10:42 PM

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I really don't know what to say about these reports anymore.

Personally, I'm quite fond of "Neener-Neener-Neener!"

gldstwmn · #11 10-17-2005, 10:55 PM

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Personally, I'm quite fond of "Neener-Neener-Neener!"

I was saving that for the indictments.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #12 10-17-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

Oh yes you're right, those groups are CERTAINLY respected by our government, riighhhttt?

Chris

If you want to believe that republicans really do hate blacks and minorities then you are free to do so...however we will just laugh at you!

Let's not forget that it was democrats saying horrible things about blacks in NOLA after Katrina, all for the sake of better attacking the president...From cannibalism to raping children...You name it the democrats will say it.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #13 10-17-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

What do you expect. He has a pic in his sig of a guy who forgot he had a penis standing next to some twat who's never seen a penis, but really, REALLY needs to see a penis. If that's the best conservatives can come up with, this country is screwed!

Wow, liberals keep getting smarter and smarter!

When you don't have a credible argument (NEVER) you result to really bad jokes! Were we supposed to laugh at that?

Johnny Stew · #14 10-17-2005, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

If you want to believe that republicans really do hate blacks and minorities then you are free to do so...however we will just laugh at you!

Sweetheart, just check their voting records and it all becomes clear.

Johnny Stew · #15 10-17-2005, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Wow, liberals keep getting smarter and smarter!

When you don't have a credible argument (NEVER) you result to really bad jokes! Were we supposed to laugh at that?

Yeah, good thing that Limbaugh and Coulter and Savage and all the rest never make jokes at the expense of liberals!