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President George W. Bush - Job Approval Ratings
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Poll
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Date
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Approve
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Disapprove
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Spread
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RCP Average
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5/3 - 5/12
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48.2%
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47.0%
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+1.2%
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5/10 - 5/12
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52%
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48%
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+ 4%
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5/11
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44%
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49%
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- 5%
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5/7 -5/9
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46%
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51%
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- 5%
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5/3 -5/9
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44%
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48%
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- 4%
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5/3 - 5/6
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54%
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43%
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+ 11%
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5/4 -5/5
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49%
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43%
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+ 6%
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5/2 - 5/4
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49%
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48%
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+1%
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5/1 - 5/3
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47%
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46%
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+1%
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4/26 - 5/3
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46%
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47%
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-1%
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4/23 - 4/27
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46%
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47%
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-1%
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4/21-4/25
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48%
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43%
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+ 5%
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4/21-4/22
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50%
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44%
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+ 6%
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4/19-4/22
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51%
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47%
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+ 4%
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4/16 - 4/18
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52%
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45%
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+ 7%
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4/15 - 4/18
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51%
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47%
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+ 4%
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4/15 - 4/17
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47%
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52%
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- 5%
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4/8 - 4/15
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48%
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51%
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- 3%
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4/1 - 4/14
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53%
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44%
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+ 9%
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4/8-4/9
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49%
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45%
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+ 4%
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4/8
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49%
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47%
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+ 2%
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4/5 - 4/8
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52%
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45%
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+ 7%
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4/6 - 4/7
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49%
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44%
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+ 5%
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4/5 - 4/7
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48%
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50%
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- 2%
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4/1 - 4/4
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43%
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47%
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- 4%
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4/1 - 4/4
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47%
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53%
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- 6%
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**Harris and Zogby - Instead of Approve or Disapprove these polling firms group Excellent and Good responses versus Fair and Poor.
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so?
Ayres McHenry is a Republican polling firm and Rasmussen is not directly comparable to the others because he includes both Strongly Approve and Slightly Approve in his poll (thus some who might say Don't Know or even Disapprove, otherwise, will pick Slightly Approve) and he counts only people who give an answer (thus elevating both numbers).
In other words, the 'real' approval rating that everyone is used to is an average of: CBS News 44%; Gallup 46%; Pew 44%; Fox 49%; CNN/Time 46% -- five-poll average 45.8% (disapproval 48.0%).