ARG Poll: Bush Approval 36% (Returns to its record low)

[Mark E. Smith]

Bush Job Approval Ratings
1/22/06

Overall:
Approve 36%
Disapprove 58%
Undecided 6%

Economy:
Approve 34%
Disapprove 60%
Undecided 6%

George W. Bush's overall job approval rating returns to its record low as Americans once gain become less optimistic about the national economy.

http://americanresearchgroup.com

Wasn't Georgie running around the country recently crowing about the economy? Looks like the country either didn't hear him, or tuned him out altogether.

[mzmolly]

1. Such a shame the fake Osama tape didn't help him.

They are running out of tricks perhaps?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. Yes, maybe they only had 5 years worth!

[VegasWolf]

3. I know, that tape was designed to turn his ratings around!! I guess

they did, just not the way genius Rove figured.

:toast:

[IsItJustMe]

43. I believe the tape was created to scare people, please wire tap me

[IsItJustMe]

44. Bush will always get 39%

Have you ever noticed that Bush always gets 39% in even the most stupid polls.

You can ask the question:
Would you always in all cases trust George Bush to never lie?

The answer 39% Yes

[cliss]

4. Just wait until

the price of gas starts creeping up again....

Ole GWB ain't seen nuthin yet.

[Cobalt Violet]

6. That and a freezing cold snap.

A sub freezing cold snap across a lot of the nation will break a lot of people.

[UpInArms]

5. 58% overall disapproval rating! 60% disapproval on ECONOMY

http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/

George W. Bush's overall job approval rating has returned to its lowest point in Bush's presidency as Americans again turn less optimistic about the national economy according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. Among all Americans, 36% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 58% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 34% approve and 60% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 37% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 58% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 35% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 60% disapprove.

A total of 14% of Americans say the national economy is getting better, which is down from 30% in December and 52% say the national economy is getting worse, which is up from 40% in December. When asked about the national economy a year from now, 15% say it will be better, which is down from 28% in December, and 62% say it will be worse, which is up from 39% in December.

...more...

[blossomstar]

26. Thank you for this post. A ray of hope that people have awakened!

[54anickel]

39. Hope they stay awake and recognize the lies he spews during the SOTU.

I'd love to see his numbers go down instead of up after this one. THAT would give me hope!

[AnneD]

48. Check out CanOFun ....

Why is Bush so Awesome...
http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/01/rb_06_jan_20.html


I think his numbers are lower..

[boobooday]

7. Their desperation is going to lead them off a cliff

But I have trepidations about what will ensue during the "last throes" of the neo-con insurgency.

[Joanne98]

8. the medicare drug plan diaster isn't helping either

[gratuitous]

9. Oh, just setting up for another stirring comeback

You just wait until Lil George cracks 40% again. All you libruls will be laughing out of the other side of your mouths then, boy!

[stepnw1f]

11. Yuh...

It's better than talking out of one's ass...

[Teaser]

10. Someone regress these numbers onto increases in gas prices

I bet they're correlated.

[alarcojon]

20. I bet you're right

Also, we always seem to hear from Bin Laden when Bush needs him most - though Il Buche may be crying wolf by this point!

[merwin]

21. They are. Look at this:

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/

Scroll down to "Bush Approval and Gasoline Prices"

[insleeforprez]

38. Wait...

why did gas prices go down right after 9/11? That makes no sense...

[AX10]

12. The medicare disaster that Bush made is...

going to push him over the cliff. Most Seniors VOTE, and they are PISSED at Dubya.

[ClassWarrior]

18. The LA Times agrees with you...

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-chait22jan22,0,6055747.column?coll=la-util-opinion-sunday

NGU.

[ugarte]

13. The new Ford job cuts should do wonders for him...nt

[NoAmericanTaliban]

14. Guess more people now realize that..

they are not part of the have & haves more. Just because the economy is doing good for some companies & executives doesn't mean it is good for everyone else. Medium income has been stagnate for the past 4 years while production has increased through technology and forcing folks to work more hours in order for them to keep their jobs.

Another interesting trend is that US workers are taking less vacation time than even the Japanese, but American executives are actually getting more vacation. Wish I had * vacation plan, he has even more vacation than the French. Seems like every time he goes on a long vacation something bad occurs - 9/11 & Katrina come to mind. But then again maybe he needs all that time to rest - you know being a President is 'hard work' :)

[pro_blue_guy]

15. IDIOTS!

I just want to slap all those people who voted for Bush, but then now disapprove of him and the job he is doing (or not doing, for that matter). TALK ABOUT FLIP-FLOPPING!

[badgervan]

16. bush and truth

I am listening right now to bush spewing lie after lie in a speech at Kansas State. If our media outlets allow what he is saying to go unchallenged, Americans should raise holy hell. This is just wrong, to have our president blatantly lying to us.
Example: Afghanistan is now a free democracy, the taliban has been routed, blah blah blah.......
Are we really that gullible as a nation? This scares me more than anything else, excepting the validity of our electoral system. All one can say is just "wow!".

[Earth_First]

17. I was listening to AAR on my morning commute about two weeks ago...

and on Stephanie Miller's program, they had a clip from a talking head on FAUX who was attributing his obscenely low poll numbers to the efficiency in which he has accomplished his agenda(s)!?!

The talking head went on to show that his agendas on Social Security programs, NLCB, and war on terrorism had been so successful that he is having a tough time comming up with new agendas in order to revive his polling numbers.

I forget who the talking head was, but if you could jog my memory, that'd be appriciated.

Who believes this drivel!?

[yorkiemommie1]

23. oh WOW talk about convoluted reasoning!!

we really HAVE fallen into a rabbit hole!

[Lochloosa]

37. it could only be hannity...

IMO

[Ally McLesbian]

19. Still too damn high

Of course, if you lived in my neighborhood (RED in a blue state), approval rating would still run 70%.

You have piss-poor waitresses, who can't afford to drive anything better than an old Honda Civic with its trunk demolished, still display "BUSH-CHENEY '04" along with some Christian themed bumper sticker and something about marriage being between a man and a woman.

People still would support W - because the Muslim terraists must be stopped, and so must the homosexuals. Never mind the Christian terrorists.

Religion is like crack. Once you're hooked on it, it can make you think irrationally.

[goclark]

22. GW doesn't own Jesus

that is just a code word for other words like .... afraid of "those other people" that have black/brown skin.

Democrats are just as Religious as the phonyrev's on the Right.

[Ally McLesbian]

27. I know...

in fact I have an evangelical Christian friend from high school, and he refuses to support W. He's sober enough to know that W is the worst disaster to ever happen to America.

On the other hand, his wife is a KoolAid Republican...

[Historic NY]

24. Looks like the Kool aide isn't strong enough any more........

people are opening their eyes to see just how * has screwed things up.

[DinahMoeHum]

25. Worse. Than. Nixon.

n/t

[Vidar]

28. Thank you for posting the good news.

[David Zephyr]

29. K&R

:kick:

[Peace Patriot]

30. How long can this go on, our being ruled by a dictator with a 34-38% ...

...approval rating, before....

....the people rise up and throw Diebold and ES&S election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor'?

[ninkasi]

31. His low approval rating

and the scandal of corruption hitting congressional Republicans are the things that will make me frustrated if we don't filibuster Alito. Once, it seemed that Dems were cautious because he had high approval ratings after 9-11, even though he screwed up the response, but that excuse isn't valid anymore. I hope we filibuster, because with Bush's low approval rating, it should be easy to claim that Alito and Bush are both out of the mainstream and too allied with corporate interests.

Another thing I think causes his low polling numbers, is that when average people, who have been losing ground financially hears him talk so glowingly about the "improved" economy, and giving even more tax breaks to the ultra wealthy, it causes resentment. They know what their situation is, and those of their families and friends, and it's obvious who is benefiting from the economy, and it isn't them.

After the Medicare Drug disaster, I believe he'd be an idiot to start talking about tinkering with health care. Most of us can see without too much trouble that anything he does will be to help insurance companies, and HMOs even more, and that the rest of us will be screwed, as always. The snooping doesn't help much, either, since it's coming out that it's being much more widely used than he first admitted.

Then we come to gasoline and home heating costs, and those are the final straws for some people. Pity the poor senior citizen, or Medicaid recipient, facing not only confusing and high drug costs, but the prospect of doing without both medicine and heat this winter. I can't see how any normal person could support this man for anything which gives him any degree of power over others. He's a sociopath, and is becoming worse as nobody challenges his ever-increasing lust for power.

[EndElectoral]

32. SpyGate has got to hurt...and it should!!!!

[struggle4progress]

33. The RW noise machine will be happy to tell us he'll be back on track soon

[0007]

46. Absolutely!

'Tis all spin

[jazzjunkysue]

34. More catapolt.

[classysassy]

35. 36%

of the american people are still out in the cold.

[serryjw]

36. Please explain to me how over 65%

approve of the F*CKEN wiretapping? Goes to show you that their polls are Bushit

[Dr Fate]

40. Try some more of that tough-sounding mish-mash talking. n/t

n/t

[bottlemant]

41. Zogby Poll shows that slim majority support abortion

"As the nation marks the 33rd anniversary of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that established abortion rights across America, a slight majority believes abortion should be always be available, or should be available without government financing, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows."

"The survey shows that 52% favor abortion, including 10% who saying they believe it should be available, but that the government should not pay for it."

The http://thecherrycreeknews.com">full story is here (thecherrycreeknews.com)

[HuffleClaw]

42. and the SOTU is up next!

should be neat to see how it too affects the polls. osama didn't do him one damn bit of good.

[importDavid]

45. Why doesn't RCP report this?

I've emailed them but to no avail.

They USED to report this organization (ARG)...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls.html

Perhaps someone else will have better luck... :(

[zann725]

47. I keep saying it was NEVER above 30-some percent...even BEFORE Election.

All else is statistical 'slight of hand'...and the guy behind the curtain (what's his name?).

[MakeItSo]

49. maybe the next fake OBL tape will be video

I know that all the makeup and lighting costs more money, but that seemed to do the trick before the 2004 election. KKKarl will probably take note.