CNN POLL-HOW BAD IS IT? 38% Approve

[kpete]

Just now on CNN

edit to add:

Poll: Bush approval at 38 percent amid Iraq, management concerns

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's approval rating is mired near its record low amid concerns about his ability to manage the government and pessimism over the war in Iraq, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday.

The poll, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, found Bush's approval rating at 38 percent -- down a percentage point from a mid-February survey and just a point above his record low of 37 percent in November. His disapproval rating was 60 percent, tying November's worst-ever mark.

Of the 1,020 adults surveyed, 59 percent said Bush can't manage the government effectively, and 58 percent said he is not paying enough attention to what his administration was doing. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed said they consider Bush a strong leader, the poll found.

But only 47 percent said they consider him honest and trustworthy, and 73 percent said they believe big business has too much of an influence over his administration. The survey had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. (Posted 4:06 p.m.)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/02/thursday/index.html

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

1. Faux has him at 39%, CBS at 34% and now CNN at 38%

:spray:

[ooglymoogly]

40. cnn gallop is a fraud

faux? what would you expect from them? cbs is the least crooked of the three and even it is a bit optimistic for *. my bet is he is really in the very low 30s

[converted_democrat]

2. When it gets below to 35% or below, I'm going to have a huge

party at my house.. I better start stocking up on party supplies soon..

[Ignacio Upton]

21. Wait until it breaks 30

That's a MANDATE for IMPEACHMENT!

[converted_democrat]

23. I live in a really red area, but I think I may invite some of my puke

neighbors just for giggles!

[scab_picker]

26. My heart goes out to you converted.

But if you think yooou live in a red neighborhood, think about how, through my whole miserable existence, I have had to be out numbered by Repukes. Right now I can probably see three cars with Bush stickers. But hey, I am going to kick out the jambs when the chimp hits 33%. Right now I have my shades pulled so no one sees me writing this.

[orleans]

29. welcome and good luck. i keep my shades drawn half the time

too. (but only in part of the house--i also live in a very repukie county.) bla!

[goclark]

37. I think is is below 30 but the Media bosses won't allow it to happen

just now.

Wait until they outsourse CBS and CNN and then it will take a true turn for the downside.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Let spin this the way bush supporters would

39% batting would lead the leage in hitting, so the president is doing real good. He couldn't possibly do gooder.

[underpants]

15. Well you know this thing has a margin of error on it that 3%

So clearly it isn't accurate

Yeah yeah that's right Bob that 73 percent said they believe big business has too much of an influence over his administration could really only be 70%

Yep Fred it sure could

[Jackpine Radical]

18. So, figger that the poll coulda said 37% approve.

The margin of error would a still been 3 points, which means it coulda actually been 40%. And if it had been 40%, with a margin of error that would have still been 3 points, which means it coulda actually been 43%.

Hot damn! The Bush approval rating is actually 98% within a 3% margin of error.

See, Homer? The Goddam liberal press is lyin agin.

[MissWaverly]

41. nope

I saw a poll where only 3% of those polled would admit to being republicans. My sister
says that is the way it was after Nixon. No one would admit to voting for him.

[OzarkDem]

4. Probably 2 or more points lower

CNN always slants higher approval ratings for Bush.

[tgnyc]

5. 60% say Bush can not manage the government effectively

[MadMaddie]

6. We should be hearing terra, terra, terra alerts soon.....

I want him to set a US record for the lowest approval rate in history. That will be his sought after legacy....

[IsItJustMe]

8. Yeah, been waiting for that. Wonder what form it will take this time?

[MadMaddie]

10. Whatever it is....it's gotta be so distracting.....

:sarcasm:

[IsItJustMe]

12. Big Time. We'll be reading about it in the news paper, No doubt.

[tulsakatz]

16. or maybe another Osama tape..... n/t

[scab_picker]

27. OBL , hey isn't * going to Pakistan on his trip through Asia?

He we go, it will happen this way, on his way back home on the plane, it will be reported that we have captured OBL, but that we had to blow the place up so bad the only ID is DNA.

[IsItJustMe]

7. I'm still wondering what 'they' approve of?

[chartresbleu]

11. what do they approve of?!?!

you silly person! why george has personally made sure that their sons weren't forced to marry other men and that osama bin laden didn't sneak into their daughters bedrooms, knock them up and force them to have abortions. that's what they approve of! gosh, give the poor prez credit where credit is due! it's hard work being a dictator.

[IsItJustMe]

13. LOL

[renate]

17. welcome to DU!

:hi:

[scab_picker]

28. Its hard work. I mean the work is hard

[tgnyc]

9. 52% say he is a strong leader?! WTF???

[tocqueville]

14. Hitler was a strong leader nt

[Higans]

19. A strong leader can strongly lead you off a cliff. A strong leader can

Force an entire town to drink cool aid laced with arsenic.

[Kierkegaard]

22. A strong leader, at least by this sense of the definition,

should try some freakin' Right Guard.

[yorkiemommie1]

36. my question too

WTH???

[WI_DEM]

20. 47% still think he is honest and trustworthy? What is with these people?

[Iris]

24. I still can't believe there are 38% who approve of his job performance

The honest and trustworthy stuff - well, jeez ,these people must just want to be crapped on by a rich guy.

[scab_picker]

30. some people love people who don't change their minds.

These people see consitency as leadership. These people scare me and I think they may make up about 33% of the population.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

25. I want to know why isn't his approval rating under 1%? nt

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

31. Corporate Weasel Media

nm

[Chiyo-chichi]

32. No kidding.

I saw a "Bush/Cheney '04" sitcker on the car ahead of me on my way home from work yesterday & I thought "O4? Is that their combined approval rating?"

[W2Hague]

33. Ignorance is contagious....

I recently read where 30% of Americans surveyed still believe that Saddam was involved in 9/11. I guess it's those same inflexible, frontal-lobe challenged individuals that will continue to support Mr. Bush NO MATTER WHAT. Too bad Mother Nature hasn't (yet) devised a virus that eliminates its host based on the host's levels of ignorance and mean-spiritedness. Ahhh, wouldn't it be sweet.

-An unpublished Campaign 2004 Poster that really says it all:
__________________ http://www.bruindesign.com ________________________



Peace
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[savemefromdumbya]

34. Who are these 38% idiots

[eallen]

38. The religious right. They are the GOP base.

They are political organized, they turn out the vote, and they control the GOP.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

42. That's what I suspect too. nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

43. That's what I suspect too. nt

[Roland99]

35. Guess CBS isn't so much the outlier now, eh ?

[mom cat]

39. "73 percent said they believe big business has too much of an influence

over his administration". I believe that this is the key point hthat we need to keep hammering on. The people know it and they won't believe what we are saying if we do not tackle it head on.