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

zogby.com ^ | January 20, 2004 | zogby

[KQQL]

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

[templar]

President Bush Signs Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 The Ronald Reagan Building Washington, D.C.

OK, so I am aware of this. At what point in pregnancy does it become illegal to perform an abortion? And is based on the age of the 'fetus' from conception, developmental stage of the fetus, or some other factor? What are the penalties for, say, aborting a 8 9/10 month old fetus (from date of conception) by means other than a 'partial birth' abortion procedure?

[ArneFufkin]

What do you expect from an Arab

That's lovely.

[wjcsux]

Thanks for this information. This is very interesting. Now if we can convince younger voters that tax cuts and control of illegal immigration is in their best interest...

[NeoCaveman]

I'd say a point or two of that negative number is made up of po'd Republicans trying to send a message. There's a good amount of anger out there among conservatives right now, but when push comes to shove...most of them will be on board.

I think you are right.

[bioprof]

So, from what I gather, this still isn't "good enough"....I guess nothing will ever be "good enough" ( the NOW cows are sqealing like stuck pigs over this bill, but .....it just doesn't measure up????? What is the alternative? ).....GW is a good and decent President- that's what I base my vote on. And none of the Dem crew that's running comes even close, nor do many Republicans that I know.

[AmishDude]

What is so damned infuriating is that he reports it as a positive/negative question even though he didn't ask it that way and it's difficult to find the actual splits.

[KQQL]

The Public Opinion Setting for Bush's State of the Union Address

Bush approval down to 53%

http://gallup.com/poll/releases/pr040120.asp

With ZOGBY (49%)always add +4% = Gallup Poll

[pawdoggie]

This guy, Mr. Generic (D), these pollsters like to include in their polls, is he a Governor, a Senator or a Representative?

[templar]

So, from what I gather, this still isn't "good enough"....

Well, I suppose that you 'gather' things that are in no way related to the discussion of your post.

You claimed that Bush had banned late term abortions. I simply inquired as to when and how, aknowleging that I may have missed this. You responded with a post regarding the banning of one late term abortion technique (which does not ban late term abortions) and I asked for further explanation. You now seem to be off of the deep end in assumptions about what I consider 'good enough' and meaningless statements about what (you think) I am stating. I haven't brought value judgments into the picture at all, nor have I mentioned my approval or disapproval of the partial birth ban. Wouldn't it just be easier to correct your original post about the ban on late term abortion, if you are wrong, and get on with meaningful discussion? I believe you are wrong about late term abortions being banned by Bush, you have not shown me otherwise, and I continue to believe you are wrong. This does not particularly bother me, but your credibility with me is dropping as a result of your defending (what I believe is) your erroneous statement claiming that late term abortions are now illegal.

If you wish me to consider your opinions as being worthwhile to weigh against my own (to consider the validity of my own point of view), you should try to be factually correct in your statements of fact.

[ZULU]

Always look at the source. Neither Zogby, nor Arabs are particularly fond of GWB.

[DrDeb]

"Bush approval down to 53%

http://gallup.com/poll/releases/pr040120.asp

With ZOGBY (49%)always add +4% = Gallup Poll"


Given that the Zogby and Gallup Polls were completed during different time periods, it would probably be better to compare Zogby's results with the recent ABCNews/WashingtonPost poll (both were completed on January 18):

Zogby 49% (Excellent/Good) vs ABCNews/WashingtonPost 58% (Approve)

Zogby add 9?!


NOTE: ZOGBY NOTED THAT THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORABILITY RATING IS 58%(+2 unstated) = approximately 60% FAVORABLE!

It's my hypothesis that Zogby's favorability ratings are analogous to Gallup, et als, approval ratings!!