[RWR8189]

Did you notice the 54% approval?

4. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Approve	Disapprove	No opinion
2004 Sep 24-26	54	44	2
2004 Sep 13-15	52	45	3
2004 Sep 3-5	52	46	2

 

[RWR8189]

Very comparable to this:

Presidential Popularity

Question:

qn1

Field Date:

10/26/1996-11/3/1996

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job as President?

Mean: N/A

Total N: 1753

			%	N
	1	Approve	55.21	968
	2	Disapprove	31.69	556
	3	Don't know/No answer	13.10	230

 

[KellyAdmirer]

I wonder, where are those posters who kept posting charts showing that President Bush would be a lock if his approval ratings got into the 50s, except when they were posting, his approval was in the low 40s and that meant he was political roadkill?

[ambrose]

I noticed it - a striking number since Gallup measures job approval among "adults", not likely voters - heck, not even registered voters...

If Kerry's Iraq attacks were working, you'd expect Bush's job approval numbers to drop.