foundit66

Newsweek announced a new poll to be published Monday which places President Bush's approval rating at the lowest it has ever been — 31 percent — while 63 percent of Americans said they were dissatisfied with how things are going in the country. According to the news magazine, Bill Clinton's lowest rating during his presidency was 36 percent; Mr. Bush's father's was 29 percent, and Ronald Reagan's was 35 percent. Jimmy Carter's and Richard Nixon's lows were 28 and 23 percent, respectively.

Perhaps most grim for the White House, Newsweek also reports that most Americans are writing off the rest of the Bush presidency. The poll shows two-thirds (66 percent) believe Mr. Bush will be unable to get much done, up from 56 percent in a mid-October poll. Only 32 percent believe he can be effective.

In an awkward bit of timing, Mr. Bush will be globe-trotting when Congress returns to town next week to open its lame-duck session, taking up business the White House deems vital.
Poll: Bush's Approval Hits All-Time Low, New Poll Puts President At 31%; 63% Dissatisfied With Country's Direction - CBS News

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jaaaman

Approval ratings really don't mean jackshit. Polls can be made to look anyway the publisher wishes to make them look.

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intangible child

Agreed, everyone I talk to and know, even stauch Republicans can't stand bush & company!

What up?

P.S. in my line of work I deal with a lot of people! It isn't a poll I'm running, It's REALITY!

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The ancient Greeks used to say, "You shall know a man by the friends that he keeps." Given the nature of his friends and advisors, what are we to conclude about George W. Bush:
Stop the madness before us it stops!
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foundit66

I hear this response a lot. It's a way to deny the obvious, and ignore the facts.
And I've got a standard reply for it.
You think a poll can be made which disproves the results I have shown?
THEN SHOW IT!

There are plenty of conservative organizations out there who do polls.
Have ANY of them shown a high approval rating for Bush?

(Pssst. The last election DID mean something regarding Bush and the republicans. Or is THAT a "poll" which doesn't matter anymore...)

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"(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
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"Please don't judge others by your own standards."
-- Garysher

tyreay

I suppose all the dedicated republicans that voted for Democrats did it because the President is so popular. Sorry jaaman, you are in denial.

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Jefferson

Yeah, but the buying and selling of drugs probably does not provide the most un-biased crowds to talk politics to.

alias

They said Trumen would not get elected also, but he did. I wonder what Lincoln's approval rating was at it's lowest point?

foundit66

Even if a polling firm is both skillful and lucky (and, yes, luck is a factor) in producing a perfect estimate of how people are likely to vote, it can still "get the election wrong" if candidate preferences or the likelihood of voting changes after its final poll is completed as happened, most notoriously, in the Truman-Dewey election in 1948.

Critics of the polls may well ask, given all these possible sources of error, why should anyone believe the polls? The answer is "their track record." Since 1956, the average error of all the national polls on the gap between two main candidates’ share of the votes has been 3.3 percentage points, and in 2000, the average error was 2.2 percentage points. Not perfect, but pretty good. And they do better in some years than in others. So pollsters should always run scared.
Harris Interactive | The Harris Poll - Why Should We Believe the Polls?

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"(Gay marriage) is a debate about whether you think gay people are part of the human condition or just a random fetish."
-- Jon Stewart
"Please don't judge others by your own standards."
-- Garysher

alias

The polls were predicting a Kerry win also in 2004. Wrong again. Looks like their track record is about as good as the local yokel weather man.

chrisg967

In my opinion, had there had been a nationwide ballot proposal to toss Bush and Cheney out of office he would have been out of a job come January.