Posted on 06/08/2002 4:53:49 AM PDT by TomGuy
POLL ANALYSES
June 7, 2002
Bush Approval Drops to Post-9/11 Low
But still high historically
by David W. Moore
PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup poll, conducted June 3-6, shows that 70% of Americans approve of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president, down seven percentage points from last week and the lowest level since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. The rating is still high by historical standards, and is 19 points above the level measured just prior to the terrorist attacks.
The new rating comes after a week of intense news coverage about what the Bush administration knew about the terrorist attacks before they occurred. Virtually all of the interviewing was completed before Bush's address to the nation last night, when he announced his proposal for a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security. The poll also shows that the decline in Bush's approval comes from Democrats and independents, but not Republicans. Forty-nine percent of Democrats express approval, down 10 points from last week. Independents show a seven-point decline, from 75% at the end of May to 68% today. Republican approval is at 96% in the current poll, off one point from last week but just above the average level since March.
Survey Methods Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,010 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted June 3-6, 2002. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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Agreed. Do you think Trent Lott is willing/capable?
ROTFL and L and L
Good point. What good is having a Republican President if he stays in power by implementing the Democrat agenda?
Agreed.
But it's not all Bush's fault. Other players: Congress, the media, various NGO's and institutions, many corporations, Public apathy and stupidity.
Agree. It was a masterful stroke. The dims have gotta be in cold sweats by day and sleepless by night.
So, it is safe to say that maybe he is more of a moderate
to conservative Democrat, probably. I do know he is quite
an avid hunter and fisherman. He's also an electrician, the
ones who go up to work on the power lines, so that would
explain his appreciation for Bush's stance on drilling.
LOL. I think you're right.
"Keep the government small!" shout the same people that demand we seal our borders. Ask the Coast Guard how difficult it is to locate anyone in the 10,000 or so islands off of our Florida coast alone.
Bush will not use EOs to force laws. How can anyone blame the Bush administration for 9-11, or expect Bush to turn around the monster that is this government overnight? Critics and "experts" ignore the other two branches of the "balanced" government along with the press, lawyers, the NGOs, former Presidents still meddling in international affairs, and the history, size and determination of our enemies.
If Americans blame the President for the next terrorist attack, we will have a national scandal far greater than the leftist-led, pro-Communist "peacenik" protests of the 60s. We'd have a lost citizenry too selfish for common sense, too lazy to rouse themselves until the enemy's at the door, too ignorant to understand the difference between right and wrong...maybe we already do.
I've not seen Reagan Man's reply yet to my response in #39, though I hope he yet will.
Someone once quipped something like "A Republican is a Democrat who's been mugged". We got mugged on 9/11. I wonder if there would be a significant statistical correlation between this poll and one asking "Do you still feel affected significantly by the events of 9/11?". Or is it that people who didn't vote for Bush woke up and saw beyond their political affiliation long enough to stop their knees from jerking when asked polling questions?
I know one thing for certain. If bush's internal polling ever showed that you and people like you supported Dubya, Rowe would call an instant meeting to determine what they were doing wrong. He would know they were headed for instant defeat.
No he won't. The nation will rally around him again just like last time. If another terrorist attack happens just before the elections, it'll be a REAL "October Surprise" for the Democrats, when the have 1994 Redux served up to them on a silver platter.
It worked for Clinton.
The media forgot to tell the public that it only applied to Democratic Presidents.
The public doesn't know any better. So they think that people who make making critical statements about Dubya are mean spirited, unpatriotic and are doing something that only evil people would do. They don't like people who do that.
And while you're at it answer for me which one of the following you support (Please be specific):
CFR,
Nationalizing Airport security,
60% increase in the Dept of Ed,
Amnesty for illegals,
open borders,
50% increase in foreign aid,
blaming global warming on humans,
13 week extension on unemployment benefits,
doubling farm welfare,
banning oil exploration in Florida, or
sending Treasury Secretary O'Neill to Africa with Bono.And weren't you bashing Clinton for making every decision after sticking a wet finger in the air?
Bush is no conservative, not even close, but go ahead and continue to delude yourself.
The American people are more discerning than I have given them credit for.
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