Poll: Bush's approval hits new low

[Joanne98]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Just 31 percent of Americans approve of how President Bush is handling his job, according to a poll released Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.


A new poll out Wednesday finds that 67 percent of those surveyed disapprove of President Bush.

Sixty-seven percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey disapprove of the president's performance.

The 31 percent approval number is a new low for Bush in CNN polling, and 40 points lower than the president's number at the start of the Iraq war.

"Bush's approval rating five years ago, at the start of the Iraq war, was 71 percent, and that 40-point drop is almost identical to the drop President Lyndon Johnson faced during the Vietnam War," said CNN polling director Keating Holland.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/19/bush.poll/

[onyourleft]

1. Still that high, huh?

Amazing.

[Lorien]

42. Yeah, here another poll had said that he was at 19% a month or so ago

"your chocolate rations have been increased from 2.1 oz. to 1.7 oz!"

[Supersedeas]

48. publicizing a 19% approval might actually make the GoP Media wonder why it is so low

[tomg]

2. Another survey also came out.

31% of Americans are complete loons.

[pinniped]

21. Anyone who voted for that POS is a complete loon. Close to 50%.

Dumbass Merkans may have been fooled the first time, but there's simply no excuse voting for that asshole a second time.

[bdamomma]

44. that is what the rest of world wonders about too.

[Star]

45. Unfortunately, my sister is one of them.

When I try to argue with her, she tells me she assumes Bush knows something she doesn't know, and she has "faith" in him. Yes, she's an evangelical christian also, and the only thing Bush knows that she doesn't know is how much he is deceiving her.

Bush's "faith-based giving" has made it lucrative for those churches/pastors/ministers to support Bush, so they tell their congregations whatever they need to in order to keep the money flowing to themselves.

Its not possible to argue with them, because they "believe" in Bush in the same way that they "believe" in god. The only thing I can think of to do is hope they eventually realize their mistake.

[Art_from_Ark]

53. "Fool me once, shame on... you?

Fool me twice... get fooled you can't get fooled agin"?

[calimary]

51. Yeah, still that high. Amazing how ANY of them could still see something redeeming

or even marginally appealing in him.

Says as much about them as it does about him, doesn't it?

[swimmernsecretsea]

3. It astonishes me that the number can be that high. nt

[caledesi]

4. Me too! nt

[sofa king]

9. I think it was John Dean who pointed out that....

About 23% of all Americans are doofuses who support the President no matter who he (or she) is or what they do. This President's numbers have consistently hovered in the mid-to-low 30s.

That's the doofus corner plus the ten percent of Americans who are getting filthy rich off the rest of us.

[greyghost]

29. Indeed, that's exactly how that number breaks down.

[saigon68]

35. You can fool 21% all the time

And the 10% who are getting rich, would jump in a pond and fuck fish if there was some financial gain for them.

[Clear Blue Sky]

5. To quote the limbo song, "How low can you go?"

[frog92969]

6. I refuse to believe that number.

[Cobalt-60]

20. There does seem to be an artificial floor at about 30%

There's no reason to believe these thugs haven't bought or threatened the pollsters the way they have the press.
It can't be any more than 20%.

[BlueManDude]

7. So why is McCain leading all comers?

[Tempest]

11. Because he's getting a free ride in the "Liberal" media

While the "Liberal" media is beating up on Obama and his relationship to Rev. Wright, McSame's repeated gaffes (or what I call "catapulting the propaganda) are getting a free pass.

[merwin]

13. The media will report any story that will catch people's attention.

If Obama and Hillary would start beating up on McCain instead of each other, the media would be reporting on that instead.

[Tempest]

15. Exactly

That's why once the Democratic nominee is cast in stone, McSame will getting it with both barrels and people will see him for what he is, a fearmongering senile old fool.

[saigon68]

36. Where's Brittany today?

Or Jennifer Holloway?

[redqueen]

46. I disagree.

If *anyone* starts beating up on McSame, the M$M will point out how the person doing the criticizing is wrong, how they did something just as bad, or some other such BS.

[BlueManDude]

37. McCain is leading because the election will not be a referendum on Bush...

abd the war in Iraq. Dems make the mistake of thinking the unpopularity of Bush and the war will lead them to the promised land. It won't.

[NewJeffCT]

17. McCain is a maverick & a moderate according to the media

Nobody has really sold him/defined him as being FOUR MORE YEARS of BUSH.

[hadrons]

39. Sadly there are alot of people who "think" a different Repuke will work

[HughBeaumont]

41. America is a land of dumbasses.

And they will certainly prove me right should this doddering old sock puppet get elected.

Then, I will fully be convinced that 20 years of damage caused by Reagan and two Bewshes taught them absolutely NOTHING.

[santamargarita]

8. The fascist third are the pigs that should be thrown out of the U.S.

GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR REPUBLIC!

[Kaleko]

10. An alarmingly high number of US citizens, 31 % , has been found certifiable.

[Deny and Shred]

12. A CNN poll at that. The RNC will issue a 'poll' soon trying to offset this one.

Well, they'll tell some 'credible' outlet to report that Bush's approval is more like 43%. Then the MSM can print them both side by side. More kill the messenger, or at least discredit.

[LordJFT]

14. new low? i've seen polls that show him in the 20s

[fascisthunter]

16. Wasn't There a Poll about a Month Claiming His Approval was at 29 Percent?

I know I saw it posted here on DU.

[Deny and Shred]

23. Yes, and it was followed immediately by another claiming Bush's

approval was in the low 40's, hence my previous post. That really irked me, the Rovian counterpunch of all bad news.

[lfairban]

33. CBS 01/12/08 29%

http://pollkatz.homestead.com/

[NewJeffCT]

18. Wasn't he at 18 or 19% in another poll recently?

Rasmussen or similar?

[frog92969]

24. That's what I thought.

[stevedeshazer]

31. Yes, as of February 20, 2008

http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/

<snip>

George W. Bush's overall job approval rating has dropped to a new low in American Research Group polling as 78% of Americans say that the national economy is getting worse according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.

Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush's handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove.

Among Americans registered to vote, 18% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 78% disapprove. When it comes to the way Bush is handling the economy, 15% of registered voters approve of the way Bush is handling the economy and 79% disapprove.

---

CNN is still propping him up.

[swimmernsecretsea]

34. So, what happened in the interim? Valentine's Day?

Sorry. Sarcasm is my way of coping sometimes.

[onethatcares]

19. who the hell are the brain dead idiots that support this guy?

are they still watching re runs of those caveman sit coms? Kayriste, I haven't heard anyone extolling the high points of booosh in public for a long time.

[dkofos]

22. Well it's not as low as Congress approval rating so that make him a winner,

in his own deluded world.

[lyonspotter]

25. and they are that low

because they have failed to stand up to his war or get rid of him

[dkofos]

27. How true

Impeachment of a war criminal should never be off the table.

[superconnected]

26. They did this as shock news. America is shocked people approve.

Just remember, yes there are that many brain dead republicans out there, and vote.

[cureautismnow]

28. His approval rating in my household poll has ALWAYS been 0%. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

30. CNN still shilling for Bush

At least they posted a bad picture of him

[saltpoint]

32. Recommended.

[Doctor_J]

38. Big Media is still serving as his broadcast arm

if they would ever start reporting the truthhe would go to about 8%

[HughBeaumont]

50. Yeah, I look for that to start happening about the same time as the Earth crashing into the Sun.

[Ian David]

40. The more important polls have him at 19%.

That's bad for a president, but very high for a fetish.

[bdamomma]

43. 67 disaapprove of him??

should that be higher, and again that stupid 31% holding blood for this man, disgusting.

[Barrett808]

47. Here's the latest Pollkatz graph:

http://pollkatz.homestead.com

[lame54]

49. Who the hell are these 31%...

and what exactly are they approving of?
This?:

[VinnieF]

52. I could have sworn that he was at 29% in a CNN poll from summer 2006...

How odd.

[Zorra]

54. 31% of Germans probably approved of Hitler just as he was committing suicide

in his bunker.

Think about it.