Image Credit: White House photo by Eric Draper.
Zogby telephone poll shows President falls back to all-time low level rating after hovering at 32% in January and February
Zogby via BBSNews 2007-03-06 -- President Bush’s job approval rating has fallen to 30%, once again hitting the all-time low-water mark of his presidency as Americans continue their disaffection with his leadership of the Iraq war, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows.
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President George W. Bush addresses the American Legion 47th National Conference, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, in Washington, D.C.
Image Credit: White House photo by Eric Draper. |
He hit this low mark previously in December. Since then, he has made sweeping changes in the military leadership and plan of attack in Iraq, but none of it has convinced the American electorate, Zogby polling shows. He has also begun to defend his military leadership in front of a confrontational Democratic-controlled Congress, as a committee opened hearings today into shabby living conditions for patients at Walter Reed Medical Center in the Washington area, where soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are sent to recuperate.
Zogby polling in January and February found Bush’s positive job rating improving slightly, to 32%, but it was only a minor bump coming off his all-time low rating of 30% in December. In late September 2006, Bush’s job approval rating was 42%, but it has continued to slide since then.
The telephone survey of 867 likely voters nationwide was conducted March 1-2, 2007, and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points.
While overall, 30% gave Bush positive marks for his leadership of the nation, 69% gave him negative ratings. Sixty-one percent of Republicans gave Bush positive marks, compared with just 7% of Democrats and 20% of self-described independents. In December, 60% of Republicans gave Bush positive ratings, compared with 9% of Democrats and 22% of independents. Bush enjoys higher job performance ratings from women (35%) than from men (25%), our polling shows.
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3/2 |
2/26 |
1/26 |
12/8 |
10/26 |
10/16 2006 |
9/29 2006 |
9/15 2006 |
9/5 |
8/16 |
7/25 2006 |
6/21 2006 |
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POS |
30% |
32% |
32% |
30% |
36% |
37% |
42% |
39% |
37% |
34% |
36% |
36% |
| NEG |
69% |
68% |
68% |
68% |
64% |
63% |
58% |
61% |
63% |
65% |
64% |
64% |
Note: Some totals may not equal 100% due to rounding
Overall, just 23% gave Bush positive ratings for his handling of the war in Iraq, unchanged from our polling last month. Just over a year ago, 37% said they approved of how the President was handling the war, according to a Zogby Poll in February 2006.
As support for the President continues to wane, the majority of Americans (60%) said they lack confidence in the direction the U.S. is headed—down just slightly from the 61% who said they feel the country is off on the wrong track in last month’s poll. Just 31% said the U.S. is headed in the right direction, also down slightly from the 32% who said they felt the same in late February.
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