CNN: Poll: Majority gives Bush good job approval mark (55%)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/22/opinion.poll/index.html

Fifty-five percent of Americans like the way President Bush is handling his job, while the approval rating for his Iraq policies is slightly lower, according to the first full CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll following the November 2 presidential election.

Forty-two percent of those polled don't believe Bush is doing a good job. Sixty percent have a positive opinion of Bush, versus 39 percent with the opposite view.

Many of the poll questions targeted foreign affairs, especially the U.S. performance in Iraq. The responses showed that Bush's positive approval rating does not necessarily translate into a perception of military success, said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

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Asked who was winning the war in Iraq -- the United States and its allies or insurgents -- 46 percent of respondents said neither side, and 44 percent said the United States and its supporters.

[Lone Pawn]

1. So 0% of Americans believe we're losing ground in Iraq?

What a country, what a country.

[Pig_Latin_Lover]

2. Watch that one sink.

5% increase for his mandate!

[leQ]

3. i find it very hard to trust cnn/gallup polls any more.

n/t

[leftchick]

4. this is a joke right?

oh I see it is cnn, it is a joke!

[leftyandproud]

5. let me just say...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[AgadorSparticus]

6. it's a cnn poll. i expect no less from those shmucks.

more spin. go figure. next. nothing worthwhile here...

[genieroze]

7. Out of how many?

many democrats have been ignoring MSM. All of a sudden the repukes believe polls? How about the exit polls to check for fraud which there was.

[DeaconBlues]

8. post-election bounce

Many Americans are stupid enough to believe that if Bush won the election he must be doing something right. It won't last.

Approval ratings for presidents usually take a dive in the second administration (with a few exceptions, such as Clinton). Bush will have a tough row to hoe.

[drdtroit]

34. You know, I have a hard time believing that

people can be that ignorant. Then I stop and look around and it all becomes self evident.

[legally blonde]

9. Well, I see that CNN

is oversampling Repubs 2:1 over Dems again. I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

[rfranklin]

10. Bush will set new record lows for approval within the next two years....

Mark mah words, you young whippersnahppahs!

[lasttrip]

15. not if msm can help it. nt

[Journeyman]

24. Why not see record lows?. . .

The dumb schmuck was at 90% three years ago and he's lost more than 50% of that so far through his own stupidity. The media will grow tired of him. . . I've every faith in the absence of attention span in this nation -- both in the people and in the press.

[lasttrip]

37. true. one thing you can count on is absence of attention span.

just hope they get it right this time.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. how much more generic can they get?

The survey results were based on telephone interviews with 1,015 adults Friday through Sunday

[seabeyond]

12. the only ones watching cnn are repugs

lol lol lol really that is more a 35%

[Zorra]

13. Why waste time posting RW propaganda? n/t

[IndianaGreen]

14. Who the hell are they polling?

The survey results were based on telephone interviews with 1,015 adults Friday through Sunday.

Who could possibly give Bush positive approval with all of the things that are going wrong at home and abroad? Who is home on Friday nights? People than don't go to synagogue, people that don't go to sports events, people that don't go out socially, etc.

[acmavm]

16. What a pantload.

.

[alevensalor]

17. Sounds like

well, it sounds just like bullshit. You know, I believe it, though. I've spoken to so many people who think this guy is (literally) God's gift, I just can't fucking believe anyone is that retarded.

~A!

[beg1958]

18. Horse Shit

How many people were poled? I think it was 1500 or so how is that representative of the population. This is the same horse shit they used for poles during the election.:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[sweetladybug]

19. If 55% of the people in the United States honestly think Bush is doing

a good job, I will personally kiss their asses. This is BULLSH-T. AIN'T NO WAY THIS IS TRUE!

[Blue_State_Elitist]

20. I wouldn't doubt that this is true.

Considering the intelligence of the American public, I'm surprised that Bush doesn't have 90 percent approval right now.

[gatorboy]

21. Eh??? He only got 51% of the vote!

Not to mention before the election, wasn't his approval rating less than 50%??? Has he done something incredibly wonderful in the last month no one told me about? :shrug:

[Journeyman]

28. Residual remnants of "honeymoon" euphoria. . .

the American public and press will grant him a grace period -- already, stories on the missing explosives have slipped from view -- but eventually doubts will resurface and with them will come a renewed scepticism and plunging approval. It'll take a little time but his numbers will decline.

[indepat]

22. We the people are obviously getting the government we want and

deserve.

[wicket]

23. It'll sink back into the 40s soon enough

n/t

[Bleacher Creature]

25. 40s? Just wait.

You can't continue to engage in this type of governance and not face the consequences. If it was that easy, we would be carving Nixon's head onto Mt. Rushmore.

Things will catch up to Shrub--no doubt about it. And when this happens, he will be lucky to see his ratings reach 40%. There's a floor on how far they will sink, but the 30s are a distinct possibility.

[wicket]

36. Ooooo, I've LOVE to see him hit the 30s!

:evilgrin:

[Heewack]

26. Much ado about nothing.

These polls change with the wind.

[petepillow]

27. he can consider that his 2nd term high, cause ain't nothin gettin better

[Skittles]

29. ARE THERE REALLY THAT MANY STUPID PEOPLE IN AMERICA???

I mean REALLY????????????????????

[ninkasi]

31. I ask myself the same question

It's impossible to believe that Americans think that a poor economy, disaster looming in Iraq, trashing the Constitution, uniting Church and State, in spite of the same Constitution, a crumbling infrastructure here, no jobs, all of these things, and more than half of us approve of him?

If that is truly the case, the ideals, the morals, the beliefs I grew up with are no longer valid .I'm 61. I've seen elections, presidents, wars, come and go, and I can honestly say that with this so called man squatting in the White House, this is the first time I have been ashamed of, and fearful of, my own country.

My family, or some branches of it, have lived in this country since the 1600s; I have every right to consider myself a true American, living in a country which might have the same name, but doesn't espouse the same ideals, that I grew up with. This administration is breaking my heart.

[still_one]

30. first of all this is from the same jerks who oversample idiots

boycott CNN

[bling bling]

32. CNN can go to hell.

I don't even have a speck of hope anymore that they are a real news source. They are a propaganda machine, nothing more. I don't even click on their website anymore to read the headlines. It took a few days to break myself of that but they are dead to me now.

[AusTexDem]

35. And take Gallup with them.

[LynnTheDem]

33. WOW that's a damned LOW RATING for a recently elected preznit.

And that's likely the highest rating he's going to get, Watch this sucker sink like a stone very soon.

[bhikkhu]

38. Bizarre report of the day...n/t

[Carl Brennan]

39. Good to see fewer people care about the polls like they

used to here at DU. Unless of course they are exit polls.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

40. Bit of good news from NY Times poll today

Titled: Americans Show Clear Concerns on Bush Agenda


"Finally, in one bit of presumably good news for a party that is looking for it, Americans now have a better opinion of the Democratic Party than of the Republican Party: 54 percent said they had a favorable view of Democrats, compared with 39 percent with an unfavorable view. By contrast, 49 percent have a favorable view of Republicans, compared with 46 percent holding an unfavorable one."


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/national/23poll.html?hp&ex=1101272400&en=3ea63a4e6a76d17d&ei=5094&partner=homepage