Pew poll: Fewer people think Bush 'sucks'

[quaoar]

They obviously didn't poll anyone from DU.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html

Poll: Fewer Americans think president is "warm and friendly"

Public opinion of President Bush's character has fallen overall, though fewer Americans think he "sucks" than did five months ago, according to a poll released this week by the Pew Research Center. It gauged public opinion on various aspects of the president's image, producing results that range from the very serious to the very amusing.

The percentage of people who view Bush as "trustworthy" has fallen from 62 percent to 49 percent since September 2003, while the perception that the president is a "strong leader" has dropped to 55 percent from 68 percent over the same period, according to the poll, which also assessed the president's job performance on Iraq, terrorism, foreign policy and the economy. His approval ratings in all four areas have dropped sharply over the last several months.

Since 2003, the perception that Bush is "warm and friendly" has dropped from 70 to 57 percent. In that time, the notion that the president is "well-informed" has fallen from 59 to 52 percent. However, 48 percent of the respondents still feel that the president "cares about people like me," though that number has fallen somewhat.

The most amusing results of the survey are the one-word descriptions, in which pollsters asked each respondent to come up with one word to describe Bush. "Honest" came in No. 1, but only 31 people said it, as opposed to the 38 people who said it in February. Here are the top responses in this week's poll, presented in descending order: honest, incompetent, arrogant, good, integrity, determined, liar, stupid, idiot, strong, leader. Compared to the last sampling in February, "good" is down 2, "integrity" is up 3, "arrogant" is up 9, and "incompetent" is up by a whopping 12 votes. No one volunteered "sucks" as a one-word encapsulation this time around, down from 7 in February.

[Deja Q]

1. "cares about people like me" - there's one born every minute.

Or in this case, 48% of the respondents - who may or may not have been hand picked for a reason.

[Union Thug]

9. That spoiled little elitist sociopath doesn't believe people like me exist

George Bush has been so far removed from the real world (raised as a rotten rich bastard, never had to do a real day's work in his life), that he is incapable of caring about 'people like me'. He doesn't even know we exist outside of fables told to him by her highness babs of the beautiful mind

Cares about people like me... what a sick joke.

[Cha]

2. Who does "pew" ask?

Aren't they the ones I remember from the prez polls who were biased?

I'm thinking more people than ever think bush SUCKS THE BIG ELEPHANT EGGS!

[thoughtanarchist]

3. damned push poll questions...

Everyone knows that * bites and blows much more than he sucks.

[realFedUp]

4. There should always be a qualifier...

Where do you get your information?

[quaoar]

8. And anyone who says Fox News

should not be included in the poll.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. So Bush is happy that he's now considered incompetent

rather than that he just plain sucks.

[Tactical Progressive]

6. 49% of Americans think Bush is 'trustworthy'

That says it all.

10% of Americans thinking that these utter, complete liars are even remotely trustworthy is a shame. American 'journalism' did this to the country.

[Vektor]

7. Hahaha I doubt that.

I'm pretty sure most people are thinking he's sucking pretty hard right about now.

[mr356]

10. But Bush isn't running for President

These results are interesting, but Bush isn't up for reelection, so the danger is to indulge in schadenfroid and backslapping at the expense of expending energy getting Democrats elected in the future. Voter's attitudes about Bush will probably not influence who they vote for for President in 2008. Figure out who the likely Republican candidates are and concentrate on them. (Hint: Cheney will NOT be running for President.)

mr356

[Ksec]

11. People are waking up

Still sheeply, but awakening to this mess they voted in.

[dweller]

12. fewer think he sux

b/c more think he's now a criminal, hopefully.

dp

[Al-CIAda]

13. Is there ANY doubt we are the stupidest nation on earth?

Though these #'s are not good for him...good god, we live amongst idiots.

[punpirate]

14. Too bad Pew never calls me...

... `cause I'd give `em a word: sociopathic.

[Nikki Stone 1]

15. Hey, don't underestimate the "warm and friendly" drop....

In 2000, Bill Mahr said that Bush was going to win the election because people perceived Junior as the guy who would bring beer to your college party while Al Gore would be the nerd next door who would call the police about the noise. As much as I have always disliked the smarmy Mahr, I always thought he was right on on this one. There are too many Americans who will vote for the guy they'd party with instead of the person who could actually do the job. If Bush's "warm and friendly" goes down, this actually has the potential to affect more voters than anything related to job performance.

[Stil]

17. Also he would bring the cocaine

to the party, not just the beer.

[quaoar]

19. Welcome to DU

He might bring coke to the party, but certainly not enough for everyone.

[NinetySix]

16. How does "Bush blows" poll?

n/t

[wli]

18. Does Bush spit or swallow?

Neither, he gargles.