CNN POLL-HOW BAD IS IT? 38% Approve

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Just now on CNN

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Poll: Bush approval at 38 percent amid Iraq, management concerns

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's approval rating is mired near its record low amid concerns about his ability to manage the government and pessimism over the war in Iraq, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday.

The poll, conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, found Bush's approval rating at 38 percent -- down a percentage point from a mid-February survey and just a point above his record low of 37 percent in November. His disapproval rating was 60 percent, tying November's worst-ever mark.

Of the 1,020 adults surveyed, 59 percent said Bush can't manage the government effectively, and 58 percent said he is not paying enough attention to what his administration was doing. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed said they consider Bush a strong leader, the poll found.

But only 47 percent said they consider him honest and trustworthy, and 73 percent said they believe big business has too much of an influence over his administration. The survey had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. (Posted 4:06 p.m.)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/02/thursday/index.html