Poll: Americans sharply divided about Bush as begins ambitious 2nd term

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WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005

(01-07) 05:37 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

The American public is deeply ambivalent about President Bush as he begins his second term and his approval rating is lower than any recent two-term presidents, a troubling sign for his ambitious agenda, an Associated Press poll found.

Bush's approval rating is at 49 percent in the AP poll with 49 percent disapproving. His job approval is in the high 40s in several other recent polls -- as low as any job approval rating for a re-elected president at the start of the second term in more than 50 years.

Presidents Reagan and Clinton had job approval ratings near six in 10 just before their inauguration for a second term, according to Gallup polls.

President Nixon's approval was in the 60s right after his 1972 re-election, slid to about 50 percent right before his inauguration and then moved back over 60 percent. President Eisenhower's job approval was in the low 70s just before his second inauguration in 1957.

Bush and Congress are about to tackle ambitious projects -- creating private accounts for those in the Social Security system, overhauling the federal tax code and limiting lawsuit damages. Those tasks will be all the more difficult with the tepid poll ratings for both Bush and Congress.

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[AlbizuX]

1. frankly, screw America...

no offense...but we can't seem to make our minds. We vote him in...then we immediately give him bad poll ratings.

We got schizophrenia.

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2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1129207&mesg_id=1129207