New AP-Ipsos Poll: WEIRDLY WRITTEN AP ARTICLE

[Beetwasher]

Check out this article on the new AP-Ipsos poll out. It's bad for Chimpy, but they don't actually give the approval/disapproval data. The say his disapproval is "nearly 6 in 10" and the don't mention his approval. WTF?

In any event, this is more bad news for Chimpy as this is yet another post speech poll that shows things have worsened for him.

Katrina Raises Voters' Doubts About Bush

"An AP-Ipsos poll says nearly six in 10 people disapprove of Bush's job performance, unchanged from the record-low rating he had before last week's televised address from the heart of New Orleans.

That underscores why GOP leaders fear Bush could be a drag on GOP candidates in 2006."

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"Given a choice in the survey, 42 percent favored cutting spending on Iraq to pay for relief efforts on the Gulf Coast, and 29 percent wanted to delay or cancel Republican tax cuts. That's a whopping 71 percent backing options that Bush doesn't even have on the table."

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"A variety of polls suggest voters expected the president to act more quickly in the aftermath of Katrina. He's no longer considered a strong, decisive leader by many voters, a reversal from the 2004 presidential campaign when the wartime incumbent successfully cast himself in those terms."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050920/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_bush_ap_poll

[soleft]

1. Thought that was strange as well

[melody]

2. what's always hidden in these simple "approval/disapproval" polls

...is the degree we disapprove of the shrub. If they took a pulse of how much the people who "disapprove" of him actually despise him, I think they'd find how vast and powerful this putative 60% (more like 70% ) actually is.

[Beetwasher]

3. True, There Was A Poll Out Last Week, I Forgot Which One

In which those that strongly dissaproved actually outnumbered his ENTIRE approval number! It may have been the ARG poll where his strongly dissaprove was like 40% and his approval was only 35 or 36.

[Rowdyboy]

4. I checked out their website....Bush seems to be at 39% approval

http://www.ap-ipsosresults.com/

Just click "approval Ratings"

Anything under 40% is an EXCELLENT day for me!

[faithnotgreed]

5. isnt that great

though you do know what that means right

they will have to do something to recapture those #s before 2006 and none of the options are good

and diebold of course is among all that is bad

[Beetwasher]

7. Actually, I Saw That It's 40%

Interestingly enough he improved his numbers slightly, though it's statistically insignificant. He's at 57% DA and 40%app. BTW, his STRONG disapproval is 38%!!! Only 2 points lower than his ENTIRE approval. Last poll his strong DA was HIGHER than his entire approval!

[Bumblebee]

6. The poll itself is not out on the AP wire yet

so maybe they are trying not to pre-empt it too much

and they do say it's bad news for B.

[Bumblebee]

8. For numbers which can now be downloaded

see:

http://www.ap-ipsosresults.com/

It's almost unchanged from the earlier one -- 40/57 now as oppossed to 39/59 then.

[papau]

9. Some of the 40% Bush approval results

http://www.ap-ipsosresults.com


1,000 adults in all states except for Alaska, Hawaii and areas recovering from hurricane damage or under threat of a hurricane, conducted Sept. 16-18 by Ipsos.


Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

(Early September results are in parentheses)

_Approve, 40 percent (39)

_Disapprove, 57 percent (59)

_Mixed feelings, 2 percent (1)

_Not sure, 1 percent (1)

When it comes to handling the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling that issue?

(Results from early September in parentheses)

_Approve, 46 percent (46)

_Disapprove, 51 percent (52)

_Mixed feelings, 2 percent (1)

_Not sure, 1 percent (1)

(QUESTIONS ON IRAQ SPENDING ASKED OF HALF OF SAMPLE)

B. How confident are you that the money being appropriated to rebuild Iraq is being spent wisely?

_Very confident, 7 percent

_Somewhat confident, 28 percent

_Not too confident, 31 percent

_Not at all confident, 33 percent

_Not sure, 1 percent

TOTAL CONFIDENT _ 35 percent

TOTAL NOT CONFIDENT _ 64 percent

If you had to choose, which one of the following options do you think is the best way for the government to pay for the relief effort for Hurricane Katrina?

_Cut spending on Iraq, 42 percent

_Delay or cancel additional tax cuts, 29 percent

_Add to the federal debt and gradually pay it back, 14 percent

_Cut spending for other domestic programs like education, welfare, transportation and health care, 11 percent

_Not sure, 4 percent