THE HARRIS POLL: Pos 40%-Neg 58%-Negs Win

[kpete]

THE HARRIS POLL


Bush's Job-Approval Rating
Slips Slightly, Poll Shows

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE
February 16, 2006

President George W. Bush's job-approval ratings have fallen off slightly from January 2006, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll, while Congress's ratings have remained about the same.

Any benefit President Bush may have gained from his State of the Union speech didn't last long enough to be measured in the latest poll, as Mr. Bush's ratings are now 40% positive, down from a positive rating of 43% in January, and 58% negative, up from 56% negative.

Elsewhere, approval of the way Congress is handling its job is mostly unchanged, with 25% of U.S. adults giving Congress a positive rating and 71% giving it a negative rating.

Also, roughly one-third of U.S. adults, or 32%, say "things in the country are going in the right direction," and 59% say "things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track." In January, 33% said the nation was heading in the right direction and 54% said it was on the wrong track.

In terms of issues that U.S. adults believe the government should address, "the war" remains on top, now at 27%, closely followed by health care (20%), the economy (15%), Iraq (5%), taxes (6%) and education (8%).

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114002207886474818-lWShCHhsBR8WKgqAnwvGurU_SMw_20070215.html?mod=blogs

[npincus]

1. Chimpy is on the decline yet again...

First AP-Ipsos (39%), then Gallup (39%) now Harris (40%).

I still scratch my head in wonder how the numbers are this high..

[niceypoo]

2. Downward spiral is on the march

[BOSSHOG]

3. It is sad

to think that 40% of americans accept what this man has done. I chalk it up to their false pride and arrogance. Now way we are going to admit we were wrong about him.

[Atman]

4. 40% is grossly over-inflated

Let's see...supporters include right-wing Christian extremist and the top 1%, Bush's "base." Who makes up the other 35%?

[underpants]

5. That's just the SOTU bounce

waiting until his suckiness gets back into that day to day suck-a-thon that's when people REALLY turn on him.

[oldlady]

6. isn't it splitting hairs

to have one vote for "the war" and another for Iraq? Geesh, why didn't they list Afghanistan as a separate item as well? I'd say those should be tallied together, which means 32% put Iraq/Afghanistan/War as the #1 concern.

[corkhead]

7. if this doesn't translate into something positive in November...

I don't know.