Fed Response to Katrina Gets Thumbs Down (Rasmussen Poll)

[Mark E. Smith]

September 4, 2005 -- Just 28% of Americans say that the federal government has done a good or an excellent job responding to Hurricane Katrina. Another 25% say the govt has done a fair job while 45% say poor.

Interest in the story is extraordinarily high. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Americans say they are closely following news stories about the tragedy, including 59% who are following it "very closely."

Eighty five (85%) say that the "disaster in New Orleans and surrounding areas (will) have a major impact on the U.S. economy. Consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/Katrina.htm

Elsewhere Rasmussen shows Bush's approval number falling to 44%, with 55% disapproving of the incompetent little bastard's criminally negligent performance in office.

[Ravenseye]

1. How in gods name can anyone rate this 'fair'

I get the 30% saying the government has done a good or excellent job. They're the true believers. They're the ones who think that because they're told that Bush is moral and against abortion and evolution that he therefore can't do anythign wrong...ever.

The 25% who say fair? What's fair about it? It's not 'fair'. By any definition it's been dreadfull and people have died needlessly because of it.

[ananda]

2. racist reeps see..

.. looters and rapists.

The restuvus see desperate people neglected and trying to survive.

Sue

[ashling]

5. I'm sure a lot of the "fair" response

comes from these Bush supporters who would have - until now - have disbeleaved anything negative about the little turd. For them "fair" is a big step toeard reality.

[TahitiNut]

8. It's a "70% disapproval rating" according to polling conventions.

The labels "excellent," "good," "fair," and "poor" are essentially meaningless without a "failure" or "miserable failure" rating. Under the conventions of reporting such polls, the top 2 are "approve" and the bottom 2 are "disapprove." This holds true whether it's Iraq, the economy, or an overall job rating. They've abandoned this convention in the news media in reporting the Katrina polls ... which shows the editors (who write the headlines) are holding to their whoring ways.

[Jackpine Radical]

15. "Fair" means "I've been stoned for the last 2 weeks & have no idea

what you're talking about--what hurricane?--but since you asked, I gotta say something so I don't sound totally stupid, so I guess I'll say "fair."

[Betty]

10. the only way you can say it was fair

is if you haven't lived through it yourself. I am sure that if they polled only the people who actually have survived this nightmare, they would be saying the feds SUCK. And frankly, they are the only ones entitled to assess the job the feds have done.

[Patsy Stone]

13. These are your "swing voters" n/t

[Zynx]

3. That's pretty different from that ABC poll and its a larger sample.

I think ABC did some total bullshit polling.

[wildcat78]

4. Looting...

My repuke neighbors blame the looters for the lack of gov't response. It's the looters fault is what they told me. To them, * can do no wrong.

[Zodiak]

7. Racists

Anyone who thinks that aid shoud be denied a city because of looters is a racist, in my book. They bought the spin because they wanted to blame the negroes...everything else is simply a vaneer to cover the racism.

I am not denying that violence has occurred (as it does in ALL disasters like this), but to use that as an excuse to allow thousands more to die is bullshit.

This "looter" spin by the Republicans will only deepen the racial divide in this country. They know it and are using it to shore up their leaking base. This is how evil these bastards are and what lows they will go to to keep power!!

[FlaGranny]

9. I really doubt the NG, the marines, the army, and the navy

are afraid of looters. I believe they carry weapons. I believe if they had been sent in immediately, there would have been little problem at all with looters, and the victims of the hurricane could have been at least supplied with fresh water and started evacuations on Tuesday and Wednesday. That's what I think.

[BikeWriter]

6. Kick!

[expatriot]

11. What amazes me is there is only 1 per cent "no opinion/ undecided"

you know what they say, there are no neutrals in a civil war.

[jackbourassa]

12. At this rate Bush is losing a point a day

Jesus, he's sinking.

Now Rass. has him at 44%. Yesterday it was 45%. On Aug 31 it was 49%.

Now Rass is usually full of shit, but it's significant to see that Bush's numbers are falling consistently.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. rass is usually 7-8 pts above other polls - always pro bush

for them to have numbing numbers like these, wow.

the gross, disgusting pity is, people had to die to get there.

[cliss]

16. And notice how quickly the little weasel

is snapping into action? If you had asked him a few days ago, "so how are things in Louisiana?"

Bush would have looked at you, and yawned. He would have scratched his butt and said, "Fine, I guess. Why are you asking?"

Compare that with now. Jesus, you know that when Karl Rove has shifted into High Damage Control, you know it's serious.

The only problem is, Einsteins, you're a day late and a dollar short.:smoke:

[daleo]

17. In studies of polling, there is a well known tendency to avoid extremes

People generally prefer not to give the most extreme response, and that has to be taken into account when analyzing the thinking that lies behind the dry statistics. The fact that nearly half of the population rated the federal response as "poor" is quite telling.