FOX Poll: President Bush's Ratings Continue to Suffer

[jefferson_dem]

FOX Poll: President Bush's Ratings Continue to Suffer

Thursday, November 10, 2005

By Dana Blanton

NEW YORK — As investigations and accusations surround the White House, the latest FOX News poll finds President George W. Bush's approval rating at a record low for the second time in as many months.

Today, 36 percent of Americans approve and 53 percent disapprove of the job Bush is doing as president. For comparison, two weeks ago 41 percent said they approved and 51 percent disapproved, and at the beginning of his second term 50 percent approved and 40 percent disapproved (January 25-26).

Until this week, Bush's approval rating had been at 40 percent or above — buoyed in large part by consistent strong support among Republicans; however, in mid-October approval among Republicans fell below 80 percent for the first time of his presidency and now sits at 72 percent.

In addition, Bush's approval rating is down by double digits among other demographic groups. Since the beginning of his second term, his approval is down 26 percentage points among independents, 16 points among women, 15 points among whites and 11 points among men.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175184,00.html

[wordpix]

1. hahahaha-couldn't happen to a worse president

[VaYallaDawg]

2. And remember, that poll comes from the

"fair and balanced" FAUX news organization. Wonder what the real numbers are by now????

[ronnykmarshall]

10. 22%

[AuntiBush]

27. You Betcha!

The media whores keep pounding out the same poll numbers, month after month, week after week, day after day.

It's gotta be seriously low. I know of "no one" that likes this administration (BushCO & his pack)! And I now live in a red district. Could have fooled me. People up here wanna talk about *2CO and that's without bringing anything up, on my end.

We can't take another 3 years. Impeach them, now for the sake of our country, the world and my nerves.

[tabasco]

28. I can't believe Faux reported under 40%.

I NEVER thought Faux would report under 40. I thought they would dismiss polls as untrustworthy and un-American before they would do that.

The whores of the mass media must be saddened that they do not completely control public opinion - YET.

[AlCzervik]

3. sheesh, he's lost Fox viewers or at least the fox news demographic

he's in bigger trouble then i thought.

[AlCzervik]

4. dupe

[Kolesar]

12. link?

[AlCzervik]

15. you want a link for my dupe?

[Jackpine Radical]

29. I thin he was duped by your dupe.

[951-Riverside]

5. Where in the world will the CI... err Al Qaeda strike next...

to give Bush Boy a Boost?

[WhiteTara]

6. well Amman was supposed to take the heat

off the monkey boy...welcome to DU :hi:

[twaddler01]

7. awesome

he deserves this! :evilgrin: And it is coming from none other than Fox news. I am amazed...

[chelsea0011]

8. But, but, but..wasn't South America a successful trip

[madmark]

17. Only bush could go to Argentina and not have a good time, what a

great place.

[Kurovski]

22. But, but, BUT...George Bush is just like US!

How can we not approve of OURSELVES!!??

[warrens]

9. I think we can start using the term death spiral

There ain't many ways of coming back from 36 percent.

[cliss]

23. Yup. There are a few others that come to mind -

1) Death knell
2) Death Blow
3) Death by a thousand cuts
4) slowly but surely sinking
5) sinking like the Titanic

[Straight Shooter]

31. You forgot "circling the drain"

:D

[progressoid]

11. DOH!

[VegasWolf]

13. So Bush sucks? The news is? nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. At least they report good news. For us.

[alarcojon]

16. 26% drop among independents - a very important stat

Also, he dropped below 80% (to 72%) among Repugs. Also notable.

When he drops below 95% among morans, we'll know he's really in trouble.

[Little Star]

18. All I can say is

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[CatholicEdHead]

19. 36% and it is Faux

So subtract a good 5-15 points to get near the actual number.

[blue neen]

20. Worst President Ever.

Poll reported by the Worse "News" Network Ever.

I guess their "fair and balanced" act can't even prop up Bushie anymore.

[WatchWhatISay]

21. Bad to the bone

[The Judged]

24. W: 1 point rise on Jordan terror bombings + St. Rove @ Federalist Society.

Puke.

Politics of fear and hatred.

Where is DEMOCRACY?

[regnaD kciN]

25. Faux says 36%, CBS 35%...

See, I told you that CBS was the kingpin of the Biased Liberal Media! They've got Our President 1% lower than he should be!

;-)

[twaddler01]

26. Go figure

I was about to be surprised that Fox would give in so easily! ;)

[wallwriter]

30. Even flies agree: s*** stinks!

[csorman]

32. Interesting statistics

About the lowest presidential approval ratings in U.S. history may be found here:

http://www.mysterypollster.com/main/2005/10/how_low_can_it_.html

Can we achieve the lowest % in history? I hope so - given the short time it's taken for Bushie to plummet almost exponentially, I think we can.

The graph that shows "Bush Job Approval by Party" is interesting though frustrating - the high points for him are of course 9/11, the Iraq War beginning and the Saddam capture. Though there seems to be a little peak in late 2004 (around the election) - could this have anything to do with their strategically placed terror threat warnings? I wonder.

[I Kant]

33. But they didn't report the most damaging stat...

This is really a strange move for FOX News. This is just the kind of stuff they normally gloss over, and offer lame excuses for. But this time they almost told it like it is. They still neglected to point out the most damaging statistic though. The one where 57% of Americans said the believe that the president deliberately mislead us into war. That is so devastating, and apparently too damaging for FOX to include in their report.

[csorman]

34. Welcome to DU!

from a fellow person who has just been welcomed to DU herself.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. Comes on the 30th Anniversary....

of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Please draw your own parallels...