Guest ChasNemo Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/for-first-time-.html?loc=interstitialskip For first time, HALF of those surveyed STRONLY DISAPPROVE of Bush's job performance!!! Half of the 1,024 adults surveyed over the weekend "strongly disapprove" of the job President Bush is doing, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. This marks the first time Bush's "strongly disapprove" rating has hit 50% and is an increase from 44% the last time that question was asked about him, in late February 2006. It also is the first time -- at least in in recent history -- that the job performance of any president has been strongly disapproved of by 50% of those surveyed nationally by Gallup, according to records shared with us by USA TODAY polling editor Jim Norman. The president who came closest: Richard Nixon, who in February 1974 -- six months before he resigned from office -- was "strongly" disapproved of by 48% of the public in Gallup's surveying. President Carter's highest "strongly disapprove" number: 33%, in July 1979. President Clinton's: 34%, in July 1994. On the flip side of the questions, President Bush's "strongly approve" rating has fallen to a new low: 14%. Of the remainder in the survey, 17% said they "moderately approve" of Bush's job performance and 14% said they "moderately disapprove." The other 5% had no opinion. The USA TODAY/Gallup Poll routinely asks a generic approval/ disapproval question about presidents while they are in office. In the latest poll, Bush's more general approval/disapproval ratings stood at 31% and 64%, respectively -- vs. 32% and 64% in mid-October. The poll has broken Bush's approval/disapproval ratings into the more specific "strongly" and "moderately" categories 11 times since October 2001. Bush's "strongly disapprove" numbers over the years: Oct. 5-6, 2001: 5%. Sept. 19-21, 2003: 32%. May 21-23, 2004: 37%. July 19-21, 2004: 35%. Oct. 14-16, 2004: 37%. Nov. 19-21, 2004: 31%. Jan. 14-16, 2005: 34%. Aug. 5-7, 2005: 38%. Dec. 9-11, 2005: 43%. Feb. 28-March 1, 2006: 44%. Nov. 2-4, 2007: 50%. The latest numbers have a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. More results from the poll will be released in coming days at USATODAY.com and in USA TODAY, the newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom Delancy Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 On Nov 7, 5:21 am, ChasNemo <chasn...@aol.com> wrote: > http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/for-first-time-.html?loc... > > For first time, HALF of those surveyed STRONLY DISAPPROVE of Bush's > job performance!!! > > Half of the 1,024 adults surveyed over the weekend "strongly > disapprove" of the job President Bush is doing, a new USA TODAY/Gallup > Poll shows. > > This marks the first time Bush's "strongly disapprove" rating has hit > 50% and is an increase from 44% the last time that question was asked > about him, in late February 2006. > > It also is the first time -- at least in in recent history -- that the > job performance of any president has been strongly disapproved of by > 50% of those surveyed nationally by Gallup, according to records > shared with us by USA TODAY polling editor Jim Norman. > > The president who came closest: > > Richard Nixon, who in February 1974 -- six months before he resigned > from office -- was "strongly" disapproved of by 48% of the public in > Gallup's surveying. President Carter's highest "strongly disapprove" > number: 33%, in July 1979. President Clinton's: 34%, in July 1994. > > On the flip side of the questions, President Bush's "strongly approve" > rating has fallen to a new low: 14%. > > Of the remainder in the survey, 17% said they "moderately approve" of > Bush's job performance and 14% said they "moderately disapprove." The > other 5% had no opinion. > > The USA TODAY/Gallup Poll routinely asks a generic approval/ > disapproval question about presidents while they are in office. > > In the latest poll, Bush's more general approval/disapproval ratings > stood at 31% and 64%, respectively -- vs. 32% and 64% in mid-October. > > The poll has broken Bush's approval/disapproval ratings into the more > specific "strongly" and "moderately" categories 11 times since October > 2001. > > Bush's "strongly disapprove" numbers over the years: > > Oct. 5-6, 2001: 5%. > Sept. 19-21, 2003: 32%. > May 21-23, 2004: 37%. > July 19-21, 2004: 35%. > Oct. 14-16, 2004: 37%. > > Nov. 19-21, 2004: 31%. > Jan. 14-16, 2005: 34%. > Aug. 5-7, 2005: 38%. > Dec. 9-11, 2005: 43%. > Feb. 28-March 1, 2006: 44%. > > Nov. 2-4, 2007: 50%. > > The latest numbers have a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. > More results from the poll will be released in coming days at > USATODAY.com and in USA TODAY, the newspaper. The 14% who still strongly "approve" are all either military contractors or Right-Wing Fundamentalist wack-jobs who are praying for the Apocalypse. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChasNemo Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 On Nov 7, 1:07?pm, Tom Delancy <tomdela...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Nov 7, 5:21 am, ChasNemo <chasn...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > >http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/11/for-first-time-.html?loc... > > > For first time, HALF of those surveyed STRONLY DISAPPROVE of Bush's > > job performance!!! > > > Half of the 1,024 adults surveyed over the weekend "strongly > > disapprove" of the job President Bush is doing, a new USA TODAY/Gallup > > Poll shows. > > > This marks the first time Bush's "strongly disapprove" rating has hit > > 50% and is an increase from 44% the last time that question was asked > > about him, in late February 2006. > > > It also is the first time -- at least in in recent history -- that the > > job performance of any president has been strongly disapproved of by > > 50% of those surveyed nationally by Gallup, according to records > > shared with us by USA TODAY polling editor Jim Norman. > > > The president who came closest: > > > Richard Nixon, who in February 1974 -- six months before he resigned > > from office -- was "strongly" disapproved of by 48% of the public in > > Gallup's surveying. President Carter's highest "strongly disapprove" > > number: 33%, in July 1979. President Clinton's: 34%, in July 1994. > > > On the flip side of the questions, President Bush's "strongly approve" > > rating has fallen to a new low: 14%. > > > Of the remainder in the survey, 17% said they "moderately approve" of > > Bush's job performance and 14% said they "moderately disapprove." The > > other 5% had no opinion. > > > The USA TODAY/Gallup Poll routinely asks a generic approval/ > > disapproval question about presidents while they are in office. > > > In the latest poll, Bush's more general approval/disapproval ratings > > stood at 31% and 64%, respectively -- vs. 32% and 64% in mid-October. > > > The poll has broken Bush's approval/disapproval ratings into the more > > specific "strongly" and "moderately" categories 11 times since October > > 2001. > > > Bush's "strongly disapprove" numbers over the years: > > > Oct. 5-6, 2001: 5%. > > Sept. 19-21, 2003: 32%. > > May 21-23, 2004: 37%. > > July 19-21, 2004: 35%. > > Oct. 14-16, 2004: 37%. > > > Nov. 19-21, 2004: 31%. > > Jan. 14-16, 2005: 34%. > > Aug. 5-7, 2005: 38%. > > Dec. 9-11, 2005: 43%. > > Feb. 28-March 1, 2006: 44%. > > > Nov. 2-4, 2007: 50%. > > > The latest numbers have a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. > > More results from the poll will be released in coming days at > > USATODAY.com and in USA TODAY, the newspaper. > > The 14% who still strongly "approve" are all either military > contractors or Right-Wing Fundamentalist wack-jobs who are praying for > the Apocalypse. > > Tom- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Exactly. Rightards still supporting Bu$h are arrogant, stupid and sleazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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