Rasmussen: Bush Job Approval (9 point drop in 3 days - 35% their lowest ever)

[Mark E. Smith]

January 12, 2007

Just 35% of Americans now approve of the way that George W. Bush
is performing his role as President. That's down sharply in recent
days and is the lowest level of Approval ever measured by Rasmussen
Reports.

January 12 - 35% Approval 61% Disapproval
January 11 - 39% Approval 58% Disapproval
January 10 - 44% Approval 54% Disapproval

http://rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

Even the GOP's favorite poll has pulled the pins on The Decider.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. New idea for a TV show: Everyone Hates George. n/t

[lancdem]

7. lol

[Kindigger]

23. Wasn't there a show or something called

"How Low Can You Go"?

[pacalo]

2. I feel as though these pollsters are playing "Gaslight" with us...

I could have sworn that his lowest was 31% sometime last year.

[lancdem]

6. Not on Rasmussen

He's usually higher than everyone else because he interviews likely voters.

[Tight_rope]

9. I thought I saw it down in the 20's at one point!

[grytpype]

15. I think there was one poll like that at 29%.

We will start seeing high 20s in some polls if Rasmussen is this low and AP/IPSOS is at its lowest point as well.

[Buck Turgidson]

27. Try Prof Pollkatz for great summary graphics

More here -- http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

[montanto]

39. rhetorical Q: How the hell

did some polls get 90% approval after 9/11? I don't know anyone who approved of him even then? I can believe 70%.

[onehandle]

3. Our "popular" President. nt

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Rasmussen has always leaned quite heavily Bush - so reality is

more likely in the mid 20's. Bush's terrible news is our great news - time for him to resign...and if he and Cheney do not, time to impeach - if not prosecute and jail!

[ClintonTyree]

44. He'd never resign....

he's on a mission from god. He and god are tight, they talk all the time and god has assured him that he's doing the right things. How can you argue with logic like that? The man is nuts and should be removed from office ASAP.

[underpants]

5. BOUNCE!!!

:evilgrin:

[hashibabba]

8. Great news, but why are there still 35% supporting him? I know

from watching a lot of C-SPAN this week that there are really ignorant people out there who still support him, but I still just can't understand it. Especially the poor and middle class who still believe in this delusional criminal.

[Ladyhawk]

10. Why does my family and most of my county still support him?

The * stickers are still thick, including one on the back of my brother's big blue truck. I get embarrassed for them. :shrug:

[lancdem]

13. What state do you live in?

I live in a very Republican county in PA and see few Bush stickers anymore. (Whew!)

[PegDAC]

37. I see a lot of them around Charleston. n/t

[Ladyhawk]

40. California...yes, Virginia, there are conservative enclaves here. n/t

[VP505]

11. Very True

and I might also add that I have been watching some of the debate on the House and Senate Floor, it's a real pleasure to see our Democratic Representatives in both chambers finally finding their voice. Plus having them controlling the vote results really makes me smile, not because we won, but because they are addressing issues the are "for people" instead of the pandering to corporations that has been the "mission" of the last couple of congresses.

[qwlauren35]

12. They have their reasons...

One guy in another forum said that we have to keep a military presence in the Middle East to defend our(over-extravagant, energy-based) way of life in America and to maintain the safety of our ally, Israel.

He stated that if we left Iraq, Iran would control Iraq, and a strong Iran is bad for America.

So, some people HAVE given it thought. I just don't like their priorities.

[lancdem]

14. But we had a military presence there already

in Kuwait. :shrug:

[uncle ray]

26. how about we call them Tammy Wynette republicans?

"Stand by your Man".

it doesn't matter to them what he does, or how bad he fucks them over, he's "our" preznit so they feel they have to support him, lest we end up with a , gasp!, Democrat in office. they can't comprehend that they can disapprove of the president and still be good republicans.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. Even Worse Than That... This is Bush's Death Spiral

As I pointed out yesterday, Rasmussen uses a three-day rolling average to smooth things out - which means that if it moved strongly negative today, it will probably move in the same direction tomorrow. Expect the low 30s by tomorrow.

This is the end, my friends - the Rethugs will spark impeachment within a month to get rid of Bush's stinking, tearful carcass.

Please pray that they go after Darth Birdshot at the same time.

[LetsThink]

18. Let him go....! I don' wanna go, though.....

Seems like he wants to take everyone else with him...

[Arkansas Granny]

29. This is the lowest rating that Rasmussen has ever reported for Bush.

January 12, 2007

"Just 35% of Americans now approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President. That’s down sharply in recent days and is the lowest level of Approval ever measured by Rasmussen Reports."

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

Another poll I like to watch actually watches several polls and averages them:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/archive/?poll_id=19

[Supersedeas]

17. time to fire up a Terra Alert??

[motocicleta]

22. Let's hope an alert is all they fire up.

I'm getting pretty nervous these days watching all the bad news for *. Who knows what he will do?

[niceypoo]

19. It appears that Bushes "Rescue Iraq by starting a war with Iran" went over like a lead balloon

Bwahahahaha!!

[Yukari Yakumo]

43. I'd guess the whole speech went over like a lead balloon. {nt}

uguu

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Rasmussen is 6 or 7 point higher than most others

We should see him in the twenties by this afternoon.

[smoogatz]

25. Yep--that means CBS and the rest will have him in the mid-high 20s

next time they come out. That's Nixon/impeachment territory. My prediction: Bush in single digits by the time he leaves office.

[wryter2000]

34. Interesting

I've always wondered what percentage of the populace were so deluded that they'd stick with him when they got an honest picture of him. I always figured it would be over 10% and under 25%. I would truly love to see single digits.

I could be wrong about him, but I have the feeling that nothing will get him to resign. If he could look at the ISG and still conclude that "stay the course only more so" was the solution for him politically, I doubt he'll ever be in touch with reality.

[smoogatz]

35. Bush's motto: Quitting Is Losing.

He'll never resign--he'd rather destroy the Bush family name and drag the whole country into the shitter in the process. He's a complete megalomaniac, and is revealing himself as such a little more with each passing day. The public will be howling for his impeachment a year from now, if not sooner.

[lpbk2713]

21. He's getting down to his ever-present lunatic fringe.

The bigtime Kool-Aid drinkers.

[Ian_rd]

24. It was 44% on Jan 10? That's .... strange.

I thought the ratings have been consistently running at about 33-35 for weeks.

[jsamuel]

36. they have, just not at Rassmussen

he is always WAY too high on Bush's approval ratings

[VegasWolf]

28. Guess he blew all that political capital he thought he had, just like he blew all his daddy's

money.

[seesdifferent]

30. Michelle Malkin even cuts him off at the knees

with her new stuff from Iraq. Of course, I don't think that she realized what she was doing....
http://seesdifferent.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/tony-snows-warrior-in-iraq-michelle-malkin-documents-utter-failure/

[wryter2000]

32. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[blue cat]

47. welcome seesdifferent! n/t

[wryter2000]

31. Clarification, please

Isn't dropping 9 points in 3 days is something like what a friend of mine calls "cognitive gravity"? (Cognitive gravity can be said to have occurred when Wily E. Coyote looks down and realizes he's run clear off the edge of the cliff.)

[ThoughtCriminal]

33. Yes - this is like the part where the Coyote

realizes that the tunnel is only painted on the cliff (and gets hit by a train anyway).

[wryter2000]

38. Or maybe

It's the part where Wily turns on the rocket skates and they take off dragging him behind them.

[twaddler01]

41. Again I say, why is he still in office?

:shrug:

[MAX 1]

42. Good Job

Excellent numbers... :wow: If that can be said for this type of performance.:blush:

[Ouabache]

45. Wouldn't his library fit in one of the restrooms at Daddy's ??

His historical record will be written on toilet paper, so why not just put it in the restrooms at Daddy's library and let visitors there wipe there ass on it? Oh, that's right, Halliburton would only get a contract to supply toilet paper at $9.95 a roll.

[pokercat999]

46. Something to think about

Who are the 35% and what can be done about them?

[Imagevision]

48. Who cares?? - Bush could have a 2% favorable rating, he's going to do as he pleases...

while Pelosi and Co. insist impeachment will stay off the table? Pelosi stated this will be the most transparent House & Senate in history?

Nance, Bush has started walking on you, what's up??? why is this happening