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BUSH JOB APPROVAL
The data source is PollingReport.com
2004 Avg Nwk Fox CNN Pew Harris CBS ABC Time NBC AP Zogby
Jan. 54.50 50 58 60 56 na 50 58 54 54 56 49
Feb. 49.67 48 48 51 48 51 50 50 54 na 47 na
Mar. 48.75 48 48 49 46 na 51 50 na 50 48 na
Apr. 48.80 49 50 52 48 48 46 51 49 na 48 47
May 45.20 42 48 47 44 na 41 47 46 47 48 42
June 47.00 na 48 49 48 50 42 47 na 45 48 46
July 48.00 48 47 47 46 na 45 50 50 48 50 49
Aug 45.86 45 44 48 na na 44 47 na na 49 44
NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE TREND
Based on latest national polls from:
IBD, ABC, NWK, ARG, CBS, PEW, LAT, ZOGBY, TIME
Data source: PollingReport.com
Kerry projected vote equals the poll average
plus 70% of undecided/other voters.
Avg Poll Trend Projection
2004 Kerry Bush Diff Kerry Bush Diff
Jan 44.00 49.40 -5.40 46.45 53.56 -7.11
Feb 48.00 45.43 2.57 52.60 47.40 5.20
Mar 48.57 44.00 4.57 53.77 46.23 7.54
Apr 47.38 44.88 2.50 52.80 47.20 5.60
May 47.75 44.00 3.75 53.53 46.48 7.05
June 47.14 44.71 2.43 52.84 47.16 5.69
July 48.11 45.00 3.11 52.93 47.07 5.87
Aug 49.71 43.71 6.00 54.31 45.69 8.63