Pew Research Poll: Bush Ratings Fall Further (36% Approval)

[sabra]

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=262

Bush's Eroding Base


Bush's current 36% job approval rating is the lowest of his presidency, down from 40% in late October and 50% at the start of the year. This decline reflects a souring of opinion among independents ­ just 29% approve of the president's job performance today, compared with 47% at the start of the year. Democratic evaluations have been both stable and overwhelmingly negative over the course of the year.

However, Bush is also now facing a significant loss of support within his own party ­ particularly among moderate Republicans. Overall, the proportion of Republicans who approve of Bush's job in office has dropped from 89% just after the 2004 election to 77% today.

The most significant turn in Republican support occurred in late summer among the party's moderates and liberals, who make up 37% of the GOP. Between July and the end of September, the percentage of moderate and liberal Republicans who approved of the president's job performance fell from 81% to 60%. While there has been some rebound since this post-Katrina low, currently 66% of moderate and liberal Republicans approve, while 29% disapprove of the president's job in office. By comparison, conservative Republicans ­ who make up a solid majority of the party as whole (62%) ­ have been more loyal, though the percentage giving the president favorable marks has fallen 10 points since January to 84% today.

[Christa]

1. Excellent, but not low enough

Logic tells me we should win all the elections then.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. It's still amazing how many repugs support him.

If this was Nixon's time it would be the same. He probaly wouldn't have been impeached either.

[ComerPerro]

10. It is staggering. How can people be so delusional?

[bahrbearian]

12% of the Dems approve,, who are these guys?

[WI_DEM]

8. The DLC "Dems"

[NYC Liberal]

11. 18 percent of Repugs disapprove of old Chimpy, though.

Which is actually pretty big number (obviously not as big as it SHOULD be, but..)

[USA_1]

3. Lower ratings ...

... this means you can expect another disaster to take place -- a heightened terror alert, a terrorist attack somewhere, a political assassination, or something along those lines.

[RedEarth]

4. Oustanding, not much further and bush will catch tricky dicky

[alarcojon]

5. What the hell is a liberal republican?

I know they exist in theory, but has one been spotted during Bush's reign of terra?

[WePurrsevere]

12. "In theory" so does the Easter Bunny & Santa Claus

and I tend to think my odds are a bit better of meeting one of those then a real live honest to goodness "liberal Republican" :D

[AX10]

6. What this shows is that Republicans are much more Partisan now...

than they were in 73'.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Still way too high - call me when they hit single digits

I've got important stuff to do in the meantime.

[LaPera]

9. You think it could get down to 29%? That would be a mind-blowing story for

the corporate media!

[Gormy Cuss]

13. The Nixon comparison may be meaningless

There needs to be a controlling statistic, namely the % enrollment in each era. Otherwise, the higher support for W may be only a reflection of the more ardent adherents enrolled in the parties these days. Independents were a rare breed in the 1970s IIRC.