New ARG Poll: Chimpy In FREE FALL (Approve 36%, Disapprove 58%)

[Beetwasher]

George W. Bush's Job Approval Ratings Drop

George W. Bush's overall job approval ratings have dropped from a month ago even as Americans who approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president are turning more optimistic about their personal financial situations according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. Among all Americans, 36% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 58% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 33% approve and 62% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 38% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 56% disapprove, and 36% approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 60% disapprove.

This is the second month in a row when improving economic ratings have not been matched by higher job approval ratings for Bush. A total of 24% of Americans now say their personal financial situations are getting better, up from 17% in July, and 27% say they believe that their personal financial situations will be better off a year from now, which is up from 21% in July.

The increases in the personal financial ratings, however, are coming mainly from those approving of the way Bush is handling his job. A total of 54% of those approving the way Bush is handling his job say their personal financial situations are getting better, compared to 5% of those saying they disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job, and 61% of those saying they approve of the way Bush is handling his job say they expect to be better off a year from now, compared to 6% of those saying they disapprove of the way Bush is handling his job.

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http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/

[Walt Starr]

1. TIPPING POINT!!!!

This is the first poll to put him below 40%. More will follow.

[Beetwasher]

2. Not Only Below 40, But FIRMLY Below 40

Outside MOE below 40.

[CatWoman]

4. drown motherfucker, drown

all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't give Chimpy his mandate again.

as if he ever had one.

:hi: Sugar!!

[Beetwasher]

7. Ahh, The Sweet Smell Of Comeuppance! (I Hope!)

:hi: Hey darlin'!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. Some DUer was going to have a 'Bush sux' party if overall approval < 40.

Anyone remember who it was?

[senseandsensibility]

5. He's below forty!

Will this get any media play? What can anyone tell me about the ARG poll? I'm not familiar with it. :woohoo:

[myrna minx]

6. Wow-wow.

:wow: Turn about is fair play. Now it's the freepers turn to be in the 10% club.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Oh no.. something is about to go

:nuke:

[myrna minx]

9. Yikers..

:scared:

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. Here's hoping it's chimpy's over inflated ego.

:bounce: :woohoo:

[Walt Starr]

10. I bet all threads on FR linking to this poll will be BANNED!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

:rofl:

[Beetwasher]

11. Can You Imagine The Comments?

"What's wrong w/ people in this country!? They don't like failures and cowards?!?"

[CatWoman]

13. your wish is my command

:D

Isn't these one of those left wing polling outfits that hates the President?

1 posted on 08/22/2005 8:20:58 AM PDT by dogbyte12


Who really cares about approval ratings in the second term?

It's all bs anyway. No way of knowing how legitimate or representative the sample actually is. They can make it say whatever they want.



3 posted on 08/22/2005 8:23:25 AM PDT by conservativebabe (Down with Islam)


To: dogbyte12
Don't know why they are polling Bush, he's not running again. I guess they are figuring if Bush polls real low then that means defeat for Repubs in 2008. Liberal Pipe Dreams!



5 posted on 08/22/2005 8:23:49 AM PDT by areafiftyone (Politicians Are Like Diapers, Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason!)


To: dogbyte12
The Economy?
The DOW is over 10,550. Unemployment on the verge of going under 5%.
Economic illiteracy is this country is astounding.



7 posted on 08/22/2005 8:24:21 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)


To: dogbyte12
All that matters is what Republicans think about his job. After all we elected him!
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


9 posted on 08/22/2005 8:26:13 AM PDT by bray (Pray for the Freedom of the Iraqis from Islam)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1468240/posts

[Beetwasher]

17. You Have Strong Stomach My Dear!

LOL!

[CatWoman]

19. saved the best for last

: dogbyte12
This would have driven the Clintoon WH crazy, this Prez is too busy governing to bend to the whims of the MSM pollsters, like YHEY WISH HIM TO.
I'll go by the Nov 2004 poll results, that's one that truly counted, LMAO.


11 posted on 08/22/2005 8:28:24 AM PDT by Mister Baredog ((Minuteman at heart, couch potato in reality))

[SalmonChantedEvening]

25. LOL too bad Clinton had a 65% approval

On the DAY HE WAS IMPEACHED

Freepers: Running on fumes and away from the truth.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. undoubtedly *g*

[DeepModem Mom]

12. MSM, wake the effing hell up!!! Stop dancing to Rove's tune...

stop sucking up to this cabal that neglects the basics of governance, and has us in a war that is a disaster of historical proportions. Bush is NOT a nice guy, but an extremist; he and those who pull his strings are a danger to this great nation's very survival. Turn up the burner on Rove, et. al., dig out the truth about the cabal's sleaze and treachery, and let's get these people out, starting, at the least, with the 2006 elections!

[Octafish]

14. A Crazy Monkey...

... can't run a country.

[myrna minx]

18. President Truman Capote. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

20. I love that picture

It cracks me up everytime. Look at the expressions on the faces of the Secret Service! Priceless!

[KansDem]

34. Sorry, Junior. "The Getaway" was filmed in 1972...

...so you're 33 years too late.

However, if you still want to dream you're working with Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw, go ahead and have fun...:)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Timmm Berrrr!!

This is HUGH! ;)

Wakey wakey America!!

[stanwyck]

21. The freeps fail to see the significance

This does signal severe problems for the right. People will vote for change in the next election. That is the significance.
Bush sneaked in the first time (though losing the popular vote) due to that segment that wanted "change".
And that segment will be much larger in the next general election.
Bad news for the right. Their time is waning.

[Stephanie]

22. What is ARG? Is that a big pollster?

Those number have taken a BIG DROP - how big is this pollster?

[Beetwasher]

23. They're Pretty Well Known

n/t

[catmandu57]

24. Next March, if we make it

He'll be lucky to get twenty percent, as the cost of fuel is way over three dollars a gallon, and people have came through a cold dark winter, and the bills come in from christmas for those who ignored the new bk law, and we're at over 2000 dead in Iraq and if we're not already at war in Iran.

We've got some dark and dangerous days ahead of us.

[Beetwasher]

28. "If We Make It"

Indeed...

[KayLaw]

36. That's how I feel

Between the doubling of the cc payments, the new bankruptcy laws, the increase of gasoline, the increase of heating oil, the increase in oil - which pretty much means increased prices all around-, increased ARM payments --and then there's Christmas, how can we avoid a serious downturn this winter?

[charlie]

26. Am Research used to be one of those outlier polls

like Zogby and Ipsos-Reid, a mirror of Fox and Pew who always came up with boffo numbers for Bush. But looking at Pollkatz's recent compendium, AR has been in the middle of the pack for the past year. So these figures aren't skewed by a pollster's bias, the Chimp is diving hard and we should hear confirmation from others shortly :D

[Beetwasher]

27. Yeah, That's My Take, Though I Predict Gallup Will Show A Slight Uptick

for Chimpy. It's their M.O. I'll be surprised if they don't.

[movie_girl99]

29. is this the lowest of any second term prez? n/t

[charlie]

32. Nixon and Truman both charted lower

Both landed in the low-20s basement before leaving office.

[oasis]

31. Americans loathe Bush and his war.

[lonestarnot]

33. NO! Absolutely certain he's down to turdy tree and a TURD!

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. I wonder how it stays so high. (But I'm stll happy with these #'s)

He thinks it's a golf game where the low score wins.

[Beetwasher]

37. .

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