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Bush Approval Increases to 57%, Highest Rating in a Year |
2005-02-08 |
A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey shows that President George W. Bush's approval rating has increased to 57%, up from 51% three weeks ago. The approval increase appears to be related to the recent Iraqi elections, which the poll shows went better than most Americans expected. In general, the public is more positive now than it was before the elections about the way Bush has handled the situation in Iraq, as well as how the war is faring for the United States. At the same time, the poll shows little change in Bush's job approval rating on the economy or on Social Security. The poll, conducted Feb. 4-6, shows that Bush's overall approval rating is the highest it has been in over a year. In fact, his approval rating has not exceeded 55% since a Jan. 9-11, 2004, poll, when 59% of Americans indicated their approval of the way Bush was handling the presidency. In the wake of the Democratic primaries and caucuses that followed, along with troubles in Iraq (such as the Abu Ghraib prison scandal), Bush's rating dropped as low as 46% (in May) and then fluctuated around 50% during the rest of the year. (See poll figures at link) |
Posted by:tipper |
#5 BUSH RATINGS UP... SO... Hat Tip Laura Ingraham... Beginning of file has new Democrat Party theme song, sung by Groucho Marx I'm Against It Web Page Source |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-08 4:44:40 PM |
#4 Bet you're right PS 4664. Shoulda been a Reagan number. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-02-08 4:07:07 PM |
#3 Bill Schneider says that it is to be expected right after a SOTU speech. "Nothing to see here, move along, move along..." |
Posted by: eLarson 2005-02-08 3:43:00 PM |
#2 The approval increase appears to be related to the recent Iraqi elections, which the poll shows went better than most Americans expected. They expect it to be different based upon the lies and distortions of the MSM. This would have been the margin of the election if we had a truely fair and balanced MSM. |
Posted by: Phique Spoluper4664 2005-02-08 11:41:39 AM |
#1 Not surprised, but I bet a lot of the Liberal will be! Of course this has been surpressed in the MSM. |
Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-02-08 11:17:25 AM |