Zogby: Bush’s Job Performance 49% Positive, 50% Negative

zogby.com ^ | January 20, 2004 | zogby

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As Democrats Vote in Iowa and New Hampshire, President Bush Looks Vulnerable in Both His Re-Elect and Face-Off with Generic Democrat; Bush’s Job Performance 49% Positive, 50% Negative; Democrats Lead Over Republicans in Congressional Generic, New Zogby International Poll Reveals

President George W. Bush’s job performance has dropped since mid- December, while his vulnerability increases when matched against an unnamed Democrat or when respondents are asked if he should be re-elected.

The most recent Zogby America poll of 1000 likely voters chosen at random was conducted January 15-18, 2004 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population.Margins are higher in sub-groups.

Bush Job Performance Positive% Negative %

January 15-18, 2004 49 50

Nearly two in five (41%) would vote for Bush, while 45% would opt to support an unnamed Democrat over Bush. In December polling, Bush held a slight edge over a generic Democrat. Nearly one in eight are unsure or prefer another choice.

Date Bush % Any Democrat %

January 15-18, 2004 41 45

Pollster John Zogby: “The country is clearly divided just as it was during the 2000 election. According to the O’Leary/Zogby Red & Blue State Monitor, a plurality of Red State voters (Bush 2000) voters believe the country is headed in the right direction (49%), while 38% say it’s the wrong direction. In the Blue States (Gore 2000) 46% think the country is headed in the wrong direction while 41% say it’s the right direction. In both Red and Blue States (13%) a similar number unsure

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[Mad Dawgg]

Looks like Zogby is bringing out the "Special Sauce" early this election.

[jwfiv]

Zogby...the pollster with an agenda....the Toon booster.

[Naspino]

Zogby keeps racing into irrelevance.

Dec 03' Iowa Poll by Zogby: Dean: 26%, Gephardt 22%, Kerry 9%, Edwards 5%

[KellyAdmirer]

Nearly two in five (41%) would vote for Bush

LOL, these mathematical geniuses at it again? Is this the new "Zogby" math?

[kabar]

Understandable. Right now we have the Dem candidates vying for the nomination. They are getting their message out multiplied by eight now. Bush bashing is getting the biggest megaphone. Once the Dems have a candidate and Bush starts to get his campaign reved up, things will change. Until then, the dems are the only game in town for the media to cover.

[Rightone]

Timed for tonight's State of the Union Address. Gives the media a way to discount whatever he says.

[LS]

Odd, I have just posted consecutive polls in NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA and MICHIGAN, and in each case Bush as in the mid-50% approval (63% in MICHIGAN!) Now, if Bush is in the mid 50s to mid-60s in the blue states [!], does ol' Zogs really want us to believe that nationally he is doing worse?

I think not. Every polling # we have shows that despite comments here at FR, Bush gets over 90% of the GOP vote. So who the hell is Zogs polling?

[justshutupandtakeit]

It will not be a cakewalk with the dead, braindead, leechs, women and scam artists making up a large portion of the electorate. Easily led by the media they are.

[dfwgator]

How much of that negative rating is attributable to conservatives?

[demlosers]

Zogby's extra heavy sauce.

[Mad Dawgg]

"So who the hell is Zogs polling?"

Maybe the DNC?

[Atlantic Friend]

Boy, talk about Zogby hedging its bets !

[wjcsux]

I don't think much of Zogby. However, I believe this poll could have some merit if GWB continues to alienate the GOP base.

[The Wizard]

zobreath can kiss my ass

[demlosers]

Zogby could have found some posters here on FR.

[cripplecreek]

im a registered zogy member and i dont recall being polled on this one. when i registered i was questioned about everything from blood type to party affiliation.

remember zogby is often commissioned to do these polls. the people who pay for them can choose who gets polled.

[mystery-ak]

Chrissy Matthews is going to have an orgasm tonight.....note to self...stay away from MSNBC.

[desertcry]

Yes indeed, the left wing media are spinning at a million RPM to the left. They will use zogby's perverted and manipulated poll results to justify it.