AP poll: Bush public approval at new low

[meegbear]

Source: RawStory.com / AP

Public approval of President Bush has reached a new low in the Associated Press-Ipsos poll, driven by dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy.

A survey released Thursday showed just 28 percent approve of the overall job he is doing. His previous record low in the poll was 30 percent last month.

In another record low, only 27 percent are happy with his job on the economy, which threatens to enter a recession.

The AP-Ipsos poll was taken from April 7-9 and involved telephone interviews with 1,005 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/AP_poll_Bush_publi...

[AlCzervik]

1. in other news---at least 28% of Americans are total idiots.

[Judi Lynn]

2. They undoubtedly rely on hate radio and Fox news for information to shape their views. n/t

[dchill]

11. Hmmm... That is roughly the same percentage...

who say they would not vote for an African-American or a woman. It all boils down to the "core" of the Republican party. IMHO.

[AlCzervik]

13. sounds about right. Sad.

[w8liftinglady]

18. yeah ...and 27% of them live near me!

[Submariner]

23. w8liftinglady "back away from the gun"

I'm just answering your cry for help?

We know living next to the 27 percenters is plenty of reason to off yourself, but you've made it over seven years, try and hold on till next January 20th if you can. If not, we DU'ers understand, it's been nice knowing you, and good luck.

[ryanmuegge]

43. Wait until they elect McCain: a proponent of a war that they all disagree with.

Not to mention a guy who says he doesn't know much about the economy (the biggest issue in the minds of the public).

They being the American public in general.

[mwb970]

3. I'm so tired of asking this, but...

How could 27 percent approve of bush's handling of the economy??? What is wrong with them?

[callous taoboy]

6. You must not own Haliburton / KBR stock...

My brother, a shareholder, has made oodles of dough on the Iraq occupation. He knows we are ther for the oil. He doesn't care about the why at all. He really likes bush.

[SpiralHawk]

50. My brother owns HalliWarBucks stock too...

and is just delighted with the war-profits Crusade

republicon homelanders are making a boodle off this, while our sons and daughters in uniform die for a lie.

[rfranklin]

7. 1% are Republican billionaires, all the rest are dumb fucks...

who would rather cut off their own nose than have one poor person get food stamps.

[fascisthunter]

21. The Rest of Them are Sychophantic Losers

hoping that if their masters get richer they will too. Yeah, I guess that does make them dumb fucks.

[dchill]

12. They are either rich and getting richer,...

or they're slobbering idiots, so blinded by ignorant prejudice(s) that they would not vote for a Democrat pushing a wheelbarrow of cash right at them. Mostly, the latter, I think.

[kay1864]

14. Because they're diehard RWers who can't admit they made a mistake

60 percent of Republicans approved of his overall job, his weakest showing yet with members of his own party. Just 7 percent of Democrats and 17 percent of independents approve.

Those 60 percent don't want to admit they voted for the BIGGEST LOSER EVER.

[bdamomma]

31. and they are willing to follow him off the cliff too.

willful ignorance.

[jhrobbins]

24. Am I totally delusional because I thought I remembered that Bush

had ratings in the teens in the recent past.

[mwb970]

32. One poll had him at 19%.

It must have been an outlier though, as the numbers I am seeing now are in the 25-30% range. If there were some way of polling only thinking people whose opinions are based on something real, his approval would probably be in the 5-10% range, if that. I no longer encounter anyone who can stand him anywhere.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. Those Numbers Were Based Upon . . .

. . .answering a question that included "strongly approve" as an option. It was Pew Research.

So, that means there must be about 12% who "somewhat approve".
The Professor

[davekriss]

26. Complete and utter ignorance (nt)

[liberal N proud]

4. I must know all 28%

I just can't get away from these freaks.

[Ishoutandscream2]

20. Me, too. I'm surrounded by them

And still see "W" stickers on the back of some cars from the 04 election. You'd think they'd find a way to remove those things, but I guess they're still proud of their guy. Amazing.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. People who strongly support Bush - only about 16%.

Most of the polls have dropped below 30% in the last month. He is going down in all of them - even Fox is down to about 30%. Several are down to 28%.

[Amonester]

8. "So?"

- the dicktatortotalitarian.

[shraby]

9. I wonder if the poll asks

if people think his rating should be:
1. 45%
2. 40%
3. 35%
4. 30%
5. 28%

[whatchamacallit]

10. Shit, time for a new war

[demokatgurrl]

15. 27 percent- who ARE these idiots??? n/t

[samsingh]

16. given the bias in these polls, shrub has hit rock bottom

[DutchLiberal]

17. How come it's been around 28% for 3 years and it's *still* 'a NEW low' every month?

[eppur_se_muova]

19. If they admit it's 28%, it's probably really about 11%.

I certainly see no reason why it would be higher.

[swag]

22. Another pony for Holden

[DCKit]

25. I call bullshit.

If the other 72% of us knew where to find these intractable losers, we'd have been able to whittle this (totally bogus) number down by at least 1% per month for the past five years with little more than a low-key re-education program - what some of us might dare to call "Teh Facts".

If there are, in fact, still any number of people in this country who support an incompetent, smirking, sociopathic bully, the statistics we've been provided on mental health are also completely out of whack and far too few of us are under treatment.

[wryter2000]

27. Someone needs to find those 27%

And sterilize them.

[curiousdemo]

28. My question is, Who are the 28%

[toadzilla]

29. "the economy, which threatens to enter a recession"

wtf? who the hell isnt admitting were already in one?

[bdamomma]

30. that SOB does not give a shit what the public thinks

I wish we could pop that bubble that he arrogantly/ignorantly lives in.

[Initech]

33. His approval rating should be 0.00%

I think his only fan base left consists of RW bloggers and radio talk show hosts.

[InfiniteNether]

34. These ratings come out every few months, and they always say

"new low", but they never seem to go below 28% Sometimes they even go up. A new poll they should ask is, "What form of execution at The Hague should Bush and Co. receive?".

[krispos42]

35. Love this graph of Bush's popularity...

[Pastiche423]

53. That is simply beautiful

[diane in sf]

36. The lowest was 19% as I recall

[truedelphi]

49. Yeah what happened to that one??

He was heading to the mid teens and now he is back at 28%?????????????

[eagleswing963]

37. Problem with Polls

1) Bush could care less if .01% of the people approve of him.
He was reported as saying he would stay in Iraq even if his wife and his dog were the only ones
in approval!

2) There will always be people who approve of a loser!! I still know "Christians" who think Bush is a great guy cause "he is one of their own!"

[Mountainman]

38. I ride to work with one of the 28%'ers occasionally. I think I figured her out.

She was talking about a guy that she thinks is going to turn republican. The reason was this: A man was pretending to paint a building in close proximity of some preteens playing. They suspected him of being a pedophile and ran him off. The one that "may" turn republican said that they should lock the guy up. Because of that they think he is turning republican. The flip side of that is that liberals don't believe in locking up pedophiles which is partly and not partly true. I think we want the locking up to be done after a crime is committed which is the law.

So to get to the point. Some of the 28% are people who have a warped idea of what a liberal is and they don't want to be that so they call them selves republicans. The liberals that they think we are do not exist.

[ooglymoogly]

46. You should inform the lady that most of the pervs are pugs and if

we locked them all up before any crimes there would be no pugs voting and no criminals in the Whitehouse and the govt. in general.

[TechBear_Seattle]

39. This image always brings a smile to my face

Ratings go down the hole....



http://pollkatz.homestead.com/

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

41. Four More Years! Four More Year!!

nt

[madrchsod]

42. meanwhile the cowards in the house and senate

still are afraid they won`t get reelected..these cowards are worthless

[balantz]

44. If it gets any lower

they'll have to start digging a hole.

[classysassy]

45. 14%

of those lame ass clowns are hee in southern arizona.

[whistle]

47. So it really could be as low as 23.9% although I think it is in the teens

[elocs]

48. So these 28% are idiots? Think about how in this pivotal election year who the real idiots are.

We can see by all the polls that there is a huge dissatisfaction in the country with the way nearly everything. Over 80% of Americans believe we are going in the wrong direction. The president has a 28% approval rating. We are running a massive deficit and the economy is going in the crapper and the housing market is collapsing. Unemployment is on the rise. The price of fuel is going through the roof. We are mired in a hopeless war that is sucking over $10 billion a month from us with no end in sight in spite of the constant claims that things are getting better. The world for the most part does not like or respect us, and with good reason.

In the Great Depression FDR gave Americans the one thing that we cannot live without--hope.
Today in this country we are losing hope--the hope for a future for our nation, that we can be proud of it and confident in its future. We are losing the hope that our lives will be better or that our children's lives will be better than their parents. We have elected leaders who do not inspire us and of whom we are ashamed. We are living lives that have not only become devoid of hope, but we are living lives of fear--not only for our personal well being, but for the future of our country and the planet.

We are on the cusp of what should be a huge and pivotal change in this country which has the opportunity to radically improve our nation. As Democrats we have the opportunity of a lifetime to take control of this government and electorally crush the Republicans to the point where they become very marginalized. It is my hope that in my lifetime I will never see another Republican president or a Republican controlled Congress. But we seem so busy tearing our party apart and wounding each other that we may very well hand the Republicans a victory that they would not otherwise have a chance to get.

Think about it: who in their right minds, other than the hardcore Republicans, would ever vote to continue the mess that the Republicans have lead us down these last seven years?
Think about this and our great opportunity and how we are handling it because if we throw it away we will not only have blood on our hands, our children will curse our childishness. Consider who the true idiots are if we allow this pivotal and future changing victory for our nation slip away.

[rucognizant]

51. Boooooooogus Poll!

The AP-Ipsos poll was taken from April 7-9 and involved telephone interviews with 1,005 adults. UNDER 65 YEARS OF AGE THAT IS. EVERYONE KNOWS WE ELDERS ARE ALL SENILE!
AP IPSOS offed me because I was over 65, a month ago and hung up on me! I don't believe their polls are correct at all!

[Dukkha]

52. Bullshit! it is NOT that high!

it was at 19% and I can only go down further

[NJSecularist]

54. There will always be 30 percenters.

Hell, even Richard Nixon had 25-30% support when he resigned.