Bush administration approval ratings:External Links

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Polls

• USA Today/NBC/Gallup Polls.
• USA Today Campaign 2004 Polls "What Americans Are Saying".
• Polling Report tracks the results of numerous polls on various topics, including U.S. presidential approval ratings

Articles & Commentary

2003

• "Bush ratings show little gain from Saddam capture," AFP, December 22, 2003.

2004

• Arianna Huffington, "Bush Rouses The Sleeping Dogs Of The Culture War," ariannaonline, February 18, 2004: "'I'm a war president,' George Bush told us. ... But as the body count in Iraq continues to rise, the president's approval rating plummets, and the furor over phantom WMD, sexed-up intel, and Bush's spotty Air National Guard service refuses to go away, it appears Karl Rove is planning a small rewrite for his candidate: 'I'm a culture war president.' ... Remember that divisive pre-9/11 campaign staple? Well, it's flared up again -- with a vengeance and a rash of new administration actions clearly aimed at shoring up the president's Christian conservative base. ... In the last month, the president has traded in his too-tight flight suit for a revival tent, backing a new anti-obscenity crusade, anti-condom sex-ed programs, a renewed commitment to fighting the drug war, and his attorney general's efforts to poke around the private medical records of women who've had abortions. He even hinted in his State of the Union 2004 that he'd be willing to endorse a constitutional ban on gay marriage."
• Richard Benedetto, "President's approval ratings continue to sag," USA TODAY, February 19, 2004.
• Alexander Bolton and Geoff Earle, "Bush slide worries the party," The Hill, May 20, 2004.
• "Poll: Bush Ratings Continue Slide," CBS News, May 24, 2004: "Evaluations of the way Mr. Bush is handling the war in Iraq, how he is handling foreign policy, and how he is handling his job overall are now at their lowest levels ever in his presidency."

2005

• Terry M. Neal, "Bush's Poll Position Is Worst on Record. Second Terms are Tough, and No President Has Banked Less Political Capital for the Fights Ahead," Washington Post, April 11, 2005.
• The Harris Poll® #28, April 14, 2005: "President’s Job Ratings Fall to Lowest Point of His Presidency. Social Security seen as the top issue to address by U.S. adults."
• "Poll: U.S. On Wrong Track," CBS News, April 18, 2005.
• CBS News/New York Times Poll - June 16, 2005, Breakdown posted on Crooks and Liars website.
• Robin Toner and Majorie Connelly, "Poll Shows Dwindling Approval of Bush and Congress," New York Times, June 17, 2005.
• Zogby poll, June 30, 2005. *Susan Page, "Poll: USA doubts Iraq success, but not ready to give up," USA Today, July 26, 2005.
• Will Lester, "Opinion of Bush's handling of Iraq, honesty reaches low point in poll," Associated Press, August 5, 2005: "Americans' approval of President Bush's handling of Iraq is at its lowest level yet, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that also found fewer than half now think he's honest."
• Andrew Kohut and Peter Hoey, "Stuck in Second," New York Times, August 9, 2005: At this point in the presidency, "Only President Nixon, who had by then begun to tumble into the abyss of Watergate, had a lower presidential approval rating."
• "President Bush Job Approval," Rasmussen Reports, August 17, 2005.
• "Approval Rating for President George W. Bush (Released August 16, 2005). Sorted Alphabetically by State (scroll down for other sorts)," SurveyUSA. (Data as of August 5, 2005.)
• "George W. Bush's Job Approval Ratings Drop," American Research Group, August 22, 2005.
• "Approval Ratings for President and Congressional Leaders Continue to Drop, According to Latest Harris Poll. The War Jumps to the Top of the List as the Most Important Issue for the Government to Address," PR Newswire, August 24, 2005: "Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has a 40 percent positive, 58 percent negative rating while Vice President Dick Cheney has a 35 percent positive, 60 percent negative rating."
• Ron Fournier, "Katrina raises voters' doubts about Bush," Associated Press (Boston Globe), September 20, 2005: "Hurricane Katrina and the bungled government response have weakened President Bush, raising questions among Americans about his Iraq and flood-recovery plans and spreading fears among fellow Republicans about next year's elections."
• Marcus Mabry, "Finding His Floor," Newsweek, October 2, 2005: "President Bush’s support holding steady despite the DeLay indictment. But even the party faithful are starting to question the GOP."

2006

• David Jackson, "Sour news for GOP in poll," USA Today, May 2, 2006.
• Eric Pianin and Chris Cillizza, "Pollster Suggests Bush Moves Might Be Too Little, Too Late," Washington Post, May 7, 2006.
• Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker, "Bush, GOP Congress Losing Core Supporters. Conservatives Point to Spending, Immigration," Washington Post, May 11, 2006.
• "Sibling Rivalry: 'Wash Post' and 'Newsweek' Polls Clash on NSA," Editor & Publisher, May 13, 2006.
• Editorial: "Washington Post 'Fixes the Polls' for Bush by 'Fixing the Questions'," BuzzFlash, May 13, 2006.
• Billmon, "Vox Pollsteri," Whiskey Bar, May 13, 2006: "The whole point of having civil liberties is that they are not supposed to be subject to a majority veto."
• Caren Bohan, "Bush political problems may have no quick fix," Reuters (Washington Post), May 14, 2006.
• Tom Raum, "Rove Blames Iraq War for Low Bush Numbers," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), May 15, 2006.
• "AP uncritically reported Rove's false claim that Bush's favorability ratings are in the 60s," Media Matters for America, May 15, 2006.
• Allen L. Roland, "Americans No Longer Support the Big Lie," OpEdNews, September 2, 2006.
• "Voters are anti-incumbent and angry, new poll finds," CNN, September 4, 2006.
• Marcus Mabry, "Feeling Blue? After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low. But voters want Democrats to chart a moderate course," Newsweek (MSNBC), November 11, 2006.

2007

• Rob Kall, "When Losers Talk About Victory and Supporting the Troops," OpEdNews, March 10, 2007.
• Marcus Mabry, "The Elephant in the Room. George W. Bush has the lowest presidential approval rating in a generation, and the leading Dems beat every major '08 Republican. Coincidence?" Newsweek (MSNBC), May 5, 2007.