Bush approval rating
Found this Survey USA posting the other day to be pretty interesting. It’s a breakdown, by state, of the Job Approval rating of GWB. It tracks 3/15 vs 3/06 and shows the net difference. Of course, it’s no surprise most were trending downward — that’s why we’ve seen such a rush to “being frank” in front of audiences this last week.
Blah Blah, everyone knows polls can say anything. This one could be total garbage for all I know. But let’s just assume it’s accurate for a moment. If it *IS* accurate, it’s a very telling statement on the Bush presidency:
There are only 7 states where folks approve of the job he’s doing at a higher rate than they disapprove. And of those 7, only 4 are >50% approval. Wow. Here are the seven states, with asterisk next to those that approve by a majority.
- Alabama* (51% / 46%)
- Idaho* (50% / 47%)
- Mississippi (49% / 47%)
- Nebraska (49% / 48%)
- Oklahoma (49% / 47%)
- Utah* (55% / 42%)
- Wyoming* (52% / 45%)
So, wow again. The best performance here was Utah with 55% approval.
And consider that these are all such small states. In states which carry a much larger electoral weight, it’s a bit more disapproving:
- California (33% / 63%)
- Texas (41% / 55%)
Even “republican” Ohio went 34% / 64%.
Jodi said,
March 28, 2006 at 8:57 pm
If only the rest of the country could have listened to me in November 2004. It was so incredibly obvious back then that Bush was screwing everything up – I was so disappointed (but not surprised) that the public fell for the FoxNews/Carl Rove/Swift Boat Veterans’ disparaging remarks about John Kerry.