(CNN) Poll: Bush approval rating dips to 35 percent

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/06/bush.poll/

Poll: Bush approval rating dips to 35 percent

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's popularity has dipped to 35 percent, according to a new CNN poll, with 41 percent of likely voters saying their disapproval of his performance will affect their vote in Tuesday's elections for control of Congress.

Sixty-one percent of the 1,008 adult Americans who responded to the Opinion Research Corp. poll said they disapproved of the way Bush is handling his job as president, according to the survey. The poll was conducted by telephone Friday through Sunday.

This finding represents a two-point decline in Bush's approval rating compared with a CNN poll conducted a week earlier. The decline is within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The new approval rating is four points lower than a survey taken two weeks ago.

In the latest poll, 41 percent of likely voters said they would be sending a message about their disapproval of Bush when they vote Tuesday. Another 42 percent said their opinion of Bush is not a factor in their congressional voting, while 16 percent said they would be sending a vote of support for Bush when they cast ballots Tuesday.

[Binka]

1. How Low Can He Go? N/t

[Tippy]

3. BUSH aproval rating should be no more then 10 in my bookn/t

[goforit]

4. And you know that CNN is being nice about it. Go Paula Zan!

[goforit]

2. Is America thinking that Bush deserves the same treament as Saddam?

How many have been killed at the WTC?
How many have been killed in Afaghanistan?
How many have been killed in Iraq?
How many will be killed in Iran?
How many more mihops will be orchestrated?

[0007]

5. Does the 35% represent the rich & wealthy that can't count

their money fast enough? Or is it just another bloated figure that Karl Rove has pulled out of his ass so the truth won't hurt?

[KayLaw]

6. War, maybe

A lot of people will say they approve of a wartime president just to be patriotic. I think 35% is incredibly low.

[Journeyman]

7. I was once one of the Ten Percenters . . .

Is it possible one day his supporters will comprise that elite club?

[smb]

8. LOL

Check out the berzerk reactions on the FReekshow thread.

[truthisfreedom]

9. hah, and Rassmussen has him up to 45%. obviously there's some serious

need to screw around with the numbers... rove must be demanding faked numbers to cover for how much diebolding will need to be done.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. 61% disapproval...ouch

Imagine the same number among your colleagues at work, or in your field or profession. Imagine of 6 out of 10 people you knew disapproved of your performance in anything. What if 6 in 10 students thought you were a bad teacher? What if 6 in 10 patients thought you were a bad doctor? What if 6 in 10 people on the road thought you were a bad driver? Yowza. That's bad.

[doc03]

11. What is scary about this is there could actually be

35% that approve of the asshole. What would he have to do to lose their support?

[chelsea0011]

12. I hope he stays on the road. Every night we get to see his red, screaming

face and the public turns against him.