Bush Approval Rating at 43%
By Byron LaMasters
I saw it on FOX News, too. They were trying to spin it, but it's hard to spin 43%. Newsday reports:
Public approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq has slipped to a new low -- alongside his overall job rating -- after last week's grisly deaths of four contractors in Fallujah, a poll says.
Still, a majority supports his decision to use military force in Iraq, says the poll released Monday.
Four in 10, or 40 percent, approve of the way Bush is handling Iraq, while 53 percent disapprove. That's down from six in 10 who approved in mid-January, according to the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
Bush's overall job approval is at 43 percent, a low point for his presidency, down from 56 percent in mid-January. In the new poll, 47 percent disapproved of Bush's job performance. Bush's job approval soared to 90 percent after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and remained in the 70s for almost a year after that.
In other polls out today, Bush has a 38% approval rating in California and a 46% approval rating in Ohio.
Posted by Byron LaMasters at April 5, 2004 09:08 PM
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Of course, let's keep in mind that approval ratings don't equate to whom one might vote for in an election. What might John Kerry's approval rating be in California or Ohio? If it's lower than Bush's on election day, voters who aren't committed to Bush or Kerry may either sit this one out or hold their noses and vote for Bush (or Nader, if applicable).
Of the two states, only Ohio's poll is important. Kerry rates at 43 in the Columbus Dispatch poll. While we're at it, Pennsylvania Pres. Bush has a 6 point lead; Wisconsin Badger poll has the President up by 6; and ARG poll has Pres. Bush up by a point in New Mexico. Thats 35 electorial votes that were in VP Gore's column. Don't even dream about Florida, the President is up by 8.
