New Zogby Poll: Bush job approval down to 49%, Re-Elect down to 41%!

[flpoljunkie]

http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=786

Released: January 20, 2004

As Democrats Vote in Iowa and New Hampshire, President Bush Looks Vulnerable in Both His Re-Elect and Face-Off with Generic Democrat; Bush’s Job Performance 49% Positive, 50% Negative; Democrats Lead Over Republicans in Congressional Generic, New Zogby International Poll Reveals.

President George W. Bush’s job performance has dropped since mid- December, while his vulnerability increases when matched against an unnamed Democrat or when respondents are asked if he should be re-elected.

The most recent Zogby America poll of 1000 likely voters chosen at random was conducted January 15-18, 2004 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points. Slight weights were added to region, party, age, race, religion, and gender to more accurately reflect the voting population.Margins are higher in sub-groups.

Nearly two in five (41%) would vote for Bush, while 45% would opt to support an unnamed Democrat over Bush. In December polling, Bush held a slight edge over a generic Democrat. Nearly one in eight are unsure or prefer another choice.

[spooky3]

1. good news, but still within MOE. The trend must continue downward.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Re-elect at 41% is not good; anytime a sitting president is under 50%...

is significant. I like the fact that the Congressional Dems are beating the Rethugs, too!

[cspiguy]

2. Keep up the good work Zog. You seem like one of US

(His brother is a Dem activist, or so my brother tells me)

[chimpy the poopthrower]

6. Actually, I thought he was a repub.

Either way, I wouldn't want a pollster's political ideology reflected in his/her polls.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Great numbers

Seems like the * "recovery" just isn't doing much for ChimpyCo.

[BeatleBoot]

4. Any incumbent with less than 50%

re-electability is in trouble!

Good news!

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. 41% re-elect is BAD news for Commander Bunnypants!

I'm not sure that even his dad's re-elect numbers were that low, at this point. Doesn anyone know?

[carolinayellowdog]

8. Bush I reelect numbers

I found this, which gives him 47% in October 1991, but nothing for January 1992:
http://wampum.wabanaki.net/archives/000573.html