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New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Wed Sep 14, 2005 at 06:46:48 PM EST
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A new NBC- Wall Street Journal poll says Bush's approval ratings have sunk to their lowest level ever:

Bush's approval rating has declined to its lowest level in his presidency. So has his handling of the situation in Iraq. Moreover, fewer than half those surveyed approve of the way in which Bush has dealt with the hurricane, and a whopping three-fourths believe the United States is not prepared for a nuclear, biological or chemical attack.

According to the poll, Bush’s job approval has plummeted to 40 percent, an all-time low for the president. That’s a drop of 6 points from the NBC/Wall Street Journal poll taken in July, and it’s consistent with results from other recent national surveys. The poll also finds that just 37 percent of respondents approve of Bush’s job handling Iraq, compared with 58 percent who disapprove — another all-time low. In addition, 55 percent want to reduce the number of troops in Iraq, while just 36 percent want to maintain the current level there.

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    New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever | 16 comments (16 topical)
    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#1)
    by squeaky on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:50 PM EST
    The popularity of the US is plummeting in the world as well. Ain't that a coincidence.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:50 PM EST
    Polling of Bush is a disaster; however, SCAFFOLDING of Bush would be applauded in nearly all quarters.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#3)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:50 PM EST
    Bush was a one trick pony, that trick being 9/11. The pony drowned when the levee broke and it's all over for him. Iraq has descended into civil war and there will be no expansion of the empire/economy in the near future. It is entertaining to watch the wingnuts dogpaddling through the toxic soup...ever faithful to the sinking presidential corpse.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#4)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:50 PM EST
    This government is now so corrupt and bloated I seriously doubt they are even organized enough to take this criminal down. Some democracy. Ha!

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:51 PM EST
    It's not low enough by half. Amazing how many people remain duped by this miserable failure.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#8)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:51 PM EST
    JR...do you have a link? From what I could gather, Clinton's poll numbers were never that low.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:52 PM EST
    You might recall the Republicans (and the media) being giddy over Clinton's fall circa 1997 - remember "The Incredible Shrinking President" story line? Fiunny thing is, he was still in office, and stayed there right until January 2001. Just as Bush will stay in, right until January 2009. Bush isn't running for anything, and the Republicans control the house and senate (and there's very little liklihood of that changing, given the gerrymandering at the house level and the current set of candidates up at the Senate level). Which means.... the poll numbers are utterly irrelevant - just as they were in 1997.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#7)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:52 PM EST
    Yeeees, the media had the "The Incredible Shrinking President" line, but the American publc stood by him. He got a BJ, bush kills folks. Can you tell the difference? I thought you could. Clinton's lowest approval rating was 59%. Bush is at 41. For some reason most Americans don't like it when you kill their fellows. Of course rethuglicans could watch bush eat babies in the rose garden and rethugs would say "they had it coming.";-)

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    I didn't say that Clinton's numbers were as low - I said that Republicans (and a lot of the media) were giddy, thinking that they had "gotten" Clinton. Which they hadn't. The poll numbers just don't matter, given that Bush isn't running for office again. You think they matter, but they don't - any more than the "Shrinking" headlines mattered back in 1997-1998.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#10)
    by Edger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    James Robertson:
    The poll numbers just don't matter...
    They matter much more than you might think they do... as an indication of the view of people polled re the mindset and tactics of the administration.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    edger, What changes in current administration policy do you foresee, based on poll numbers?

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#12)
    by roger on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:54 PM EST
    James, Sadly, I agree with you. I dont think that W really cares about his popularity.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#13)
    by glanton on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:55 PM EST
    JR is right that these numbers don't matter, but for slightly different reasons than the ones he provides. My friends you are all forgetting that this is not an election season, so it's practicable to every now and then get real, substantial issues into the public discourse--whenever that happens it's bad for the GOP. Buuuuut, When '06 rolls around, look for another Shiavo, or another refrendum on boys kissing, or another "Christmas is being attacked!," or another flag burning "debate," or.... Hopefully you get the idea. Let's get used to the GOP being in power, and, concordantly, to the slow march of smiey-faced fascism. It aint reversing any time soon. p.s. Easily defended hypothesis: with the exception of a few issues, both socially and fiscally, Richard Nixon was much more of a liberal than President Bill Clinton. What does this suggest about the sheer angle to which the playing board has been tilted?

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:56 PM EST
    Roger, That's due to that stupid term limit that Republicans insisted on after FDR's 4 term run. If we didn't have term limits on the President, then public opinion would matter - there would be public accountability. You want 2nd term Presidents to care about standing, then you want to get that amendment repealed.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#15)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:56 PM EST
    The polls matter in the sense that Bush might start getting some token resistance from the normally spineless opposition. And he is potentially neutralized from being an asset on the campaign trail next year. Hey why can't we have a recall election?? I think enough people realize by now that they really f-ed up by voting for him last year.

    Re: New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever (none / 0) (#16)
    by soccerdad on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:03:56 PM EST
    Of course the poll numbers matter. First there is the elections in 2006. Then low poll numbers will let other conservatives be more independent of the Bush-Chaney-Rove axis. No one wants to be associated with a sinking ship. And of course it will affect policy. Anyone who says different hasn't been awake the last 5 years. As his popularity drops the populace will tend to wake up [except the hard core wingers which is about 30%]. Rove will do what ever it takes to get Bush's popularity on the upswing in order to keep control of the government in the next elections cyle. The problems are not going to go away. In fact they may get worse as they start cutting spending to pay for NO,Iraq, etc.. The economy is not on firm footing, a bad downswing is not out of the range of possibilities, especially given that tthe outlook for gas prices is ever upward as demand outstrips supply.

    New Poll: Bush at Lowest Level Ever | 16 comments (16 topical)