President Bush Job Approval (47%) (1 Viewer)

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

President Bush Job Approval

September 14, 2006


Forty-seven percent (47%) of American adults approve of the way that President Bush is performing his job. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove. Those are by far the best numbers for the President since mid-February.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm

Good News for November.

 

[Ivan The Terrible]

Good News for November.

Yeah but I just hope the Dems can change there tune.

 

[Kandahar]

Good News for November.

The average approval rating of recent opinion polls tends to be in the 38-40% range.

But the fact that you consider a 47% approval rating to be "good news" speaks miles about this election...

 

[Gibberish]

But the fact that you consider a 47% approval rating to be "good news" speaks miles about this election...

I don't understand that either. If Bush's approval is over 40% people are excited. These same people most likely call cheap gas anything between $2.50-$3.00.

When did America get trained to have such low expectations? Approval ratings should be 55%+ preferably higher then 60% and gas should be $1.75-$2.25.

 

[Vader]

Yeah but I just hope the Dems can change there tune.

My only concern with the republican party is how ready and willing they are to sell laws and influence to big business. Big business has long needed to be banned from any involvement in politics. It's time for newer, stronger laws, which severely punish big business` that attempt to bribe their way to political influence. These laws must also punish the politicians involved in such a way that they will never even consider dealing with big business' again.

We simply cannot allow big business` to buy off politicians. Big business' MUST be banned from contributing to political parties & candidates` election funds. To make this new law complete and effective we must also severely limit privately donated funds by setting a maximum amount of money that can be donated.

Mayoral races should be limited to: $1,000
Gubernatorial races should be limited to: $5,000
Senate/House races should be limited to: $3,500
Presidential races should be limited to: $10,000

The aforementioned limitations will absolutely prevent big business interference in government on a number of levels. The overall effect of this system would be a huge cut in political corruption (like Halliburton and Dick Chaney). Moreover, it would make life better for the middle and lower classes of American society.

I realize republicans, and more then likely some democrats, will never willingly embrace such a law; however, it is a necessary step in the path to a less corrupt system of government.

 

[Iriemon]

I don't understand that either. If Bush's approval is over 40% people are excited. These same people most likely call cheap gas anything between $2.50-$3.00.

When did America get trained to have such low expectations? Approval ratings should be 55%+ preferably higher then 60% and gas should be $1.75-$2.25.

It's the soft bigotry of low expectations.

 

[Binary_Digit]

Interesting, that website shows Bush's approval rating didn't drop below 40% over the last year, but I could have sworn his ratings were in the 30's for several months in a row according to other polls.

 

[Kandahar]

Interesting, that website shows Bush's approval rating didn't drop below 40% over the last year, but I could have sworn his ratings were in the 30's for several months in a row according to other polls.

Ya, Rasmussen tends to be a little on the high side. Maybe their methodology is different from some of the other polls. Anyway, here's several recent polls; their average is considerably lower than 47%.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/polls/

 

[dsanthony]

I wish Bush would just allow the Dems to install their policies for the next 2 years, after publicly announcing that he will do so. Then, when a few more thousand Americans get killed, we'll know who to blame.

 

[Indy]

Funny how the Gallop poll shows a 39%. Guess that throws the theory of a rebound on the window eh?

 

[jujuman13]

I just read a piece where his approval rating is at 30%, guess this is good news for those that took over the GOP, becausea week ago it was 29%.

But hey, who is counting, because noone really cares about opinion polls, what they do care about is how they personally feel about Bush.

And although it probably is not really germain to the point that ancient roman is trying to put across, the casuality rate in Iraq is fast approaching 3000.

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

I don't hate Democrats I want to give the Dems the Senate for checks and balances but if you take it to far I will withdrawal my support for the Senate and place it behind the exucutive. Dems if you get the Senate don't misuse it or I will move the people to confront the Senate with all of the natural rights granted to me by god including free speech.

 

[faithful_servant]

Poll numbers don't mean squat... look at the trends. Most polling methods are inherently flawed, but the flaws are applied consistently. So look at the trends. Are they rising or falling? The actuals can be deceptive, but the trends are far more informative.

 

[Indy]

I don't hate Democrats I want to give the Dems the Senate for checks and balances but if you take it to far I will withdrawal my support for the Senate and place it behind the exucutive. Dems if you get the Senate don't misuse it or I will move the people to confront the Senate with all of the natural rights granted to me by god including free speech.

wow ToT, we agree with each other. I'm not overly fond of the Dems anymore than I am of Reps but I do think its important to have opossing parties controlling different branches of the gov't, at least that way we have some checks and balances. When one party owns all three then its prettymuch a totalitarian state since there isn't anybody to blow the whistle or stand up for whats right anymore.

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

wow ToT, we agree with each other.

Then I must have been even drunker than I thought lol.:mrgreen:

 

[PeteEU]

And now the poll shows.....41%,.. the same it was on 9/11 this year....

 

[Indy]

I've reminded the prime minister --the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months, that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship.
--George w. Bush

Washington, DC
06/29/2006

What can you say? How does he still have over 10%?

 

[jujuman13]

While you are all posting various approval ratings for our congenital idiot of a President, you seem to be missing the point.

47% approval = 53% Non approval

41% Approval = 49% Non approval

30% Approavl = 70% Non approval

I too am against the same party controlling all 3 parts of Government, I too prefer checks and balances.

 

[RightinNYC]

My only concern with the republican party is how ready and willing they are to sell laws and influence to big business. Big business has long needed to be banned from any involvement in politics. It's time for newer, stronger laws, which severely punish big business` that attempt to bribe their way to political influence. These laws must also punish the politicians involved in such a way that they will never even consider dealing with big business' again.

We simply cannot allow big business` to buy off politicians. Big business' MUST be banned from contributing to political parties & candidates` election funds. To make this new law complete and effective we must also severely limit privately donated funds by setting a maximum amount of money that can be donated.

Mayoral races should be limited to: $1,000
Gubernatorial races should be limited to: $5,000
Senate/House races should be limited to: $3,500
Presidential races should be limited to: $10,000

The aforementioned limitations will absolutely prevent big business interference in government on a number of levels. The overall effect of this system would be a huge cut in political corruption (like Halliburton and Dick Chaney). Moreover, it would make life better for the middle and lower classes of American society.

I realize republicans, and more then likely some democrats, will never willingly embrace such a law; however, it is a necessary step in the path to a less corrupt system of government.

Seriously, free speech is overrated.

 

[RightinNYC]

It's the soft bigotry of low expectations.

hahahahaha