Bush's Approval Rating (61%), Handling War On Terror (68%) Still High (Newsweek Poll)

PR Newswire ^ | August 30, 2002

[JohnHuang2]

lol

[Alas Babylon!]

Yeah, I noticed that, too, LoL!!!! Probably was 50-35, but News Weak had to alter it by ten.

[Lady Jag]

A few days ago I heard Bush was losing US support for war. If it's 62% now, what was it then?

[arkfreepdom]

This is pure BS. I checked every eligible voter in my family and he is at 100%.

[Kaslin]

I just came from a chatroom where the chatters use pictures. Someone used this one.

Warning! It is disgusting

[austinrepub]

I guarandamntee you if it were 45-40 the other way on the generic Congress poll that Fineman, et al, would not use the words "evenly split."

[DrDeb]

Recent Poll results as published by pollingreport.com [ http://pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm ]:

LA Times (8/22-25/02):
68% Approve 27% Disapprove 5% Don't Know

CNN/Time (8/28-29/02):
65% Approve 28% Disapprove 7% Don't Know

Newsweek (8/28-29)02):
61% Approve 30% Disapprove 9% Don't Know

PHENOMENAL numbers! [Note that the President maintains these high approval/low disapproval numbers in the face of mid-term elections, economic uncertainty, and incessant speculation about an Iraqi invasion!]

[DrDeb]

According to Gallup, Clinton's approval ratings surpassed 70% only TWICE during his entire 8 year tenure -- 12/20/98 and 2/9/99. Conversely, even when he posted 60ish ratings, his disapprovals were in the high 30s. [NOTE: According to Gallup, Clinton averaged a 55% approval rating for his 8 years; Reagan averaged a 53% rating]

[Lady In Blue]

I think it was something like 51%. I've forgotten what poll it was.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks John. I didn't expect the polls would remain that high. I guess these numbers are more realistic.

[LS]

I think you are right. In fact, I was thinking today about how the commemoration of 9/11 will go, and among other things, I think Bush is going to get a monstrous bump in the poll numbers because people will REMEMBER.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

CNN/Gallop has the President at 65% for the same two days of polling. Newsweek has had him consistantly lower than other polls - ever since 9-11. They always seem to be about 5% lower than everybody else.

It depends on how much one pushes the "push poll", a favorite technique of the libs. Notice how they also report combinations of responses to skew the overall perception:

[Eightyfive percent say it's somewhat important (24%) to very important (61%) for President Bush to get Congressional approval first; 86 percent say it's somewhat important (28%) to very important (58%) for him to get support from most of our European allies; 81 percent say it's somewhat important (26%) to very important (55%) to get formal support from the United Nations; and 81 percent say it's somewhat important (30%) to very important (51%) to get support from most of the Arab countries that are friendly to the United States.]

This technique was assiduously avoided during the Clinton administration. Hence they would report events along these lines: Only 20% are highly in favor of impeaching Clinton, to mask the fact that 55% were highly for or generally in favor of impeachment.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Evenly split???

Another finesse. Liberal media types are such weasels. No wonder they have less credibility than used car salesmen. Too bad they manage to fool just enough sheeple each election cycle.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[NOTE: According to Gallup, Clinton averaged a 55% approval rating for his 8 years; Reagan averaged a 53% rating]

And Reagan had to spend the first half of his term rebuilding an economy that had been debilitated by dimocrat policy under Carter, et al. And given that, the electorate applauded Reagan's leadership ability. All Clinton had to do is coast on the wave of economic prosperity that Reagan/Bush had enabled, and not screw things up. Thanks to the Gingrich takeover of the congress in 1994, Clinton wasn't permitted to screw things up, and thus the economy prospered. To his credit, Clinton didn't rock the boat. To his eternal shame, he sold influence, politicized Federal agencies, weakened our national defence, commited treason, and on and on and on. He should still be tried for treason, IMO.

[spokeshave]

If albore were in the WH the poll would be -61%

[ladyinred]

Thank God we have a President more interested in doing the right thing for the right reasons, than reading polls!

Absolutely!

Also, this nation needs to be weened off of that we are the world business, and just remember we were attacked, not the rest of the world! We do not need their approval, help, or anything else to protect this country and avenge the deaths of our citizens!

[patriciaruth]

Thanks. Not bad numbers from one of the most liberal polls.

[JohnHuang2]

I didn't expect the polls would remain that high.

Nobody did, really. Bush's post-9/11 bounce was supposed to last but a few weeks, Conventional Wisdom said.

Bush's sustained popularity outlasted Roosevelt's after Pearl Harbor, it turns out.

[JohnHuang2]

[Note that the President maintains these high approval/low disapproval numbers in the face of mid-term elections, economic uncertainty, and incessant speculation about an Iraqi invasion!]

You hit the nail on the head, my friend =^)