Posted on 09/12/2006 8:22:13 AM PDT by slowhand520
President Bush Job Approval September 12, 2006
Forty-four percent (44%) of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove. Those are the best numbers for the President in months and it remains to be seen whether today’s update reflects lasting change or merely statistical noise.
The Rasmussen Reports daily updates are based upon nightly telephone interviews and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. The overwhelming majority of interviews for today’s update were completed before President Bush’s address to the nation last night.
Americans remain evenly divided as to whether the war in Iraq is part of the larger War on Terror or a distraction from it. There is also a fairly even divide between those who think our legal system is too concerned about individual liberties at the expense of national security and those who share the opposite perspective. Forty-one percent (41%) of Americans believe that the U.S. and its allies are winning the War on Terror. Most Americans think our nation was changed for the worse since 9/11 and most support the President’s call to try terrorist suspects through military tribunals.
The economic confidence of American consumers jumped to its highest level in five months today and investor confidence is at its highest level in six months.
On the political front, Washington Senator Maria Cantwell (D) has soared to a 17-point lead over challenger Mike McGavick (R ). As a result, we have shifted that race from “Leans Democrat” to “Democrat” in our Senate Balance of Power summary (see State-by-State Summary). We now list 49 seats as Republican or Leans Republican and 45 seats as Democrat or Leans Democrat. Six states are listed as Toss-Ups. The Toss-Up states are Tennessee, New Jersey, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, and Rhode Island. To see our latest results, check out the Election 2006 summary page.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) holds an 8-point lead in his bid for re-election. In Arkansas, Democrat Mike Beebe has once again opened a double digit lead. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (R )has reached the 50% level of voter support in his bid for re-election. Premium Members can see our latest data from Illinois, Alabama, Georgia and Texas.
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In August, the number of Americans calling themselves Republican has fallen to the lowest level since Rasmussen Reports began releasing this data in January 2004.
At Rasmussen Reports, we adjust our party identification weighting targets each month based upon actual survey results from the previous 90 days. For the month of September, our partisan weighting targets are 37.0% Democrat, 32.7% Republican, and 30.2% unaffiliated. This represents a slight increase in the number of Democrats and unaffiliateds. The impact on the President’s Job Approval rating is less than a percentage point compared to data from the prior three months. See our monthly update on Partisan Trends.
See also our comments on comparing Job Approval numbers from different polling firms.
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"That means the retail price of gasoline will be about $1.25 a gallon"
That seems a bit optimistic, no?
As gas prices fall, his numbers will go up.
Doesn't say much about the fickle nature of some who will approve or disapprove a President based on 10 cents per gallon or so. Sad
The price of Gasolline is going to continue to fall. It will initially fall to about 25 or 30 dollars a barrel...That means the retail price of gasoline will be about $1.25 a gallon
Yeah sure. /s off
CT- this is a joke, right?
I originally thought we would pick up 2 but McGavick is having trouble and Michigan has remained tantalizingly close, but not close enough.
Dole was terrible at recruiting candidates. If she had gotten Thompson in Wi., Caputo in W.VA., and ANYBODY in ND we'd have won 2 of the 3.
IMHO of course.
Nothing in your post is true. But thanks for playing.
I get so sick of tired of the dems claiming Bush is using "fear" to push his War on Terror...Guess what - the events of 9/11 brought fear to us firsthand from our ENEMIES and they are responsible for the loss of innocence and belief that we are basically good and kind. This world is full of hate and fear and the only way to overcome is NOT to sit idly by and sing Kumbayah, but to boldly attack that which caused it and stomp it out through freedom, choice, etc. That is why we cannot allow democrats to take over any part of our government.
The RATs wil continue to complain that Bush is taking the threats too seriously, and doing too many things that infringe on our freedoms right until, God forbid, another attack occur.
At that exact point in time, they would execute a 180 pivot and start complaining the exact opposite-- that Bush didn't take the threats seriously enough, and that he didn't take the steps necessary to protect us.
You can't win with these guys everything is about political power.
Rob
LOL - bump!
Doen't look good for Washington, too early to tell in Michigan. You left out Santorum, I think he is looking like the slight favorite again.
I'm waiting till the primaries are over tonight to update my overall predictions...
Both the MD and RI primaries today are very difficult to handicap because we don't know how much cross-over voting will occur...
Sad to say the least.
But keep in mind this is the same electorate that put the Impeached Prevaricator in the 60% range because they (mistakenly) believed the economy was booming.
And the same electorate that came within a few points of electing Kerry, when the man isn't fit to run the local pound.
The retail price of gasoline will be under $2.00 in a couple of days.
It has fallen 75 cents in a week. $1.25 is just another 75 cents. Some are predicting retail price of gas will be 99 cents a gallon or less before it starts to rise.
Do you think it will stay low until election day?
Gas price drops (or increases) gets amplified because people buy gas a tank at a time.
The price per gallon difference gets multiplied by 15 gallons or so. People have adjusted somewhat to paying $40-60 per fillup, and gas prices dropping back into the $25-30 range (under $2 a gallon) will have a major impact on perception of gas prices...
Let them whine. We will crush them. I love when they scream and howl in defeat. Music to my ears.
My sister is in Michigan. She said that there were real negative ad produced by the Little Debbie and CO. The Pubs refuted them line by line stating the laws and the facts. Really made the rats look stupid and inept.
D'oh. How could I forget Santorum? I think Santorum will win and revise my earlier revision to predict a +1.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnooooooo
spin miester dim party will have a heart attack.
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