Posted on 01/28/2006 7:06:37 AM PST by slowhand520
President Bush Job Approval
Saturday January 28, 2006--Forty-eight percent (48%) of American adults approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove.
It is not clear whether the uptick in Job Approval over the past two days is a lasting change or merely statistical noise.
The President earns approval from 79% of Republicans, 23% of Democrats, and 39% of those not affiliated with either major political party.
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The President's highest rating of 2005 was 54% on February 4. His lowest rating was 40% on October 28.
Occasionally, due to the rounding process, the totals for "Strongly" and "Somewhat" Approve or Disapprove presented in the left column do not match the totals presented in the right column.
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clinton did nothing important as a president and was in the low 50s while W is at 48 while kicking the bad guys around ... i think my dub is doing jess fine
Considering all that 48% is not bad.
That's a cure for ALOT of things!!
Bush could easily appeal to them with an immigration crack down, real deficit reduction, further tax cuts, etc.
But then another group goes off the reservation.
Well, he did win by 3.5 million votes last year, despite the MSM doing everything it possibly could to slander him and bury Lurch's traitorous past.
They would just find another reason to bash Bush, it's what they do!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
I haven't had a landline for almost 5 years now. Over time this data will get more and more skewed until it becomes irrelevant.
>>>>>>And this is not counting Rasmussesn's tracking poll that has had him @ 45-48% for most of january<<<<<
just don't jive with Scott's website. The one I looked at before I posted my comments ran from January 10th through January 28. The lowest was 43% (once), the highest and only 48% number was today....all the rest were 44% - 46% and even the 46% number occured twice in that timeframe. The rest were 44% (7 times) and 45% (8 times) numbers.
The truly amazing thing is that the Dims and the MSM have waged a relentless 5 year war on him and he still shows some decent numbers. I would guess that if they had stayed on the path of truth and objectivity, his numbers would be in the mid to upper 60s.
Well, in order to "jive" with Scott's numbers you need to look at all of January. from Jan 1st - Jan 8th Bush's JA was at 47%. If you add that to the mix we can comfortably come to the conclusion that Bush has been between 45-48%. If you want to split hairs then I'll say 44%-48%.
The numbers in the last ten days were all centered around 44% - 46% and suddenly he has ONE day at 48%. I just don't see that as some trend. I stand by my original comments, it is either an anomaly or too soon to see it as a positive sign.......until we see another week of numbers, I'll give it up......
Exactly where President Bush was in the polls when he won reelection.
"wow..he might well break 55% after the SOTU.."
I love GWB but these polls don't mean a thing, except to give the msm something to write about. Rasmussen {which is probably one of the best} is a three day running average, 500 adults per day and will always poll 5-8% lower for pubbies than REGISTERED LIKELY VOTERS. It means nothing. Have you ever listened to Hannity's man on the street interviews? 80% of these people don't know who the VP is, none of the Sec in the cabinet, no SC justices, in short they don't follow politics and most don't vote. How does their opinion in a poll in January translate to anything meaningful for the election in Nov? It doesn't, which means this poll has the same meaning. Nothing.
What the polls won't tell you is how many of the 51% unfavorable are angry about chaos on our borders and an expanding federal government. They'd never go for a RAT.
Just my opinion, but maybe if Congress would get up off its collective butt and enact some of the legislation President Bush has sent their way, all the approval ratings would improve significantly. My sense is that Congress is weighing down President Bush's approval rating.
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