Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Poll Crunch as of 8-2-05

Relying on 7 national polls here is the breakdown of President Bush's job approval rating:

Approve: 44% Down 1% since June
Disapprove: 51% Up 1% since June
Duh I dunno: 5% Holding steady

Interestingly we now have a split with one organizationi heading in the opposite direction for the first time since January. FOXNews is bucking the overwhelming trend by giving Bush a 47% to 44% rating, while it also has the highest level of uncertain respondents at 9%. Pew Research that has the largest sampling data gives the presdient 44% approval rating and a 48% dis rating.

The question that all these organizations ask is "Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?"

There is now breakdown of how the nation thinks Mr Bush is doing on specific issues. It is a general question. However things look particularly bleak for the President. These numbers have been returend after the London bombgings, the Clark nomination to the High Court, and before the Bolton recess appointment. That appointment alone will not improve the Presidents numbers. A Presidents ability to get things done in a Democratic republic is based on his ability to convince the other elected officials that he has the people behind his actions.

Interestingly in July of 2004 there was a Poll that asked people to rate Bill Clinton: He got a 66% approval rating. The same rating he left office with in 2001.

For those of you who may question the data here is where it comes from:
Poll-crunch data is derived from 7384 respondents to the following polling organizations with the responding numbers listed:

Zogby America: 1042
Gallup/CNN/USAToday: 1010
FoxNews: 900
Quinnipiac University: 920
Pew Research: 1502
Associated Press: 1000
NBC/WallStreetJournal: 1009

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