Zogby- Bush job approval down to 44% (down 5 pts in 3 weeks)

[Doosh]

44% positive
56% negative


it had recently spiked up to 49% positive, 51% negative, now it's back down.

How many candidates have polled at 44% with less than 3 months to go and won the election??? I'd guess not many, if any.

http://www.zogby.com/

[Nite Owl]

1. But why even 44%?

How could that many people still be fooled.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

5. Remember, on the day nixon resigned he was over 20%

So that's probably the floor, not 0%.

[AndyTiedye]

14. What Was Shevardnadze's Approval Rating When He Tried to ReSelect Himself?

That would seem to be the modern benchmark for what constitutes
being too far behind to steal the election.

[DieboldMustDie]

13. Well, about half the population have IQs under 100...

and the corporate media don't help either. :shrug:

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. Half the population is below average in intelligence

it's shocking, I tell you, shocking

[yardwork]

2. I tend to trust Zogby more than most of the other polls

I still think that 44% is overstating shrub's popularity among people who will vote in November. I just hope that the criminals don't steal the election.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Shout it from the highest steeples

Tell it to all the peoples:

George AWOL Bush is toast

[Tarheelhombre]

4. What is the date on that poll?

Is that the same poll announced last week?

[Doug Decker]

6. The trend tells the story...

and this is from www.pollkatz.com. Now the only way the RNC can get * re-selected is to CHEAT! And they will try anything.

[Old and In the Way]

16. The data supports a 35% approval rating by November.

That would be the core, IMHO.

[KharmaTrain]

7. The Biggest Drops Are In The Swing States

If you read the report, you'll see some very enouraging signs...the manchild is falling the most in the "red" area and swing states...the area where we need the votes or for the GOOpers to stay home.

While I'd love to see the boy blunder's approvals drop under 40%, I'll take these numbers, thank you...a 5 point or more seperation. We'll know things are really starting to go to hell for the regime when Kerry's numbers stay constantly at 50% (which they're flirting with now) and if those numbers go up to 55% the regime is doomed...Diebold or no Diebold.

[Lex]

8. "A candidate's negative number is more important than his positive."

I know I've heard and read that many, many times but I have forgotten the reason behind it.

Anyone remember?

[BillZBubb]

10. Because you can keep the positives and add the neutrals.

You aren't very likely to win back the negatives close to an election. That would take a major event. If your negatives are 50% or higher, you are toast.

[Lex]

12. Oh, okay, that makes sense then.

Thanks!

I bet Rove is sweating those Bush* negatives.

[A_Possum]

9. They sure are a noisy 44%

You'd think they were 90% the way they soak up news coverage with all their baloney.

[sampsonblk]

21. None of this is real

They (and some in the media) still act like Bush is a popular president. If anyone even MENTIONS that we went into Iraq to rid them of their non-existent WMD, they just go ballistic. There is no truth for them except that Bush is a great American hero, and they refuse to allow any other points of view without a loud and sometime violent challenge.

Never seen anything like it.

[BillZBubb]

11. How could 44% support anything the nitwit has done?

This is astonishing. What's a guy gotta do to fall below 40%, blow up the planet?

[redstateblues]

17. It is scary and amazing that even 44% think he's doing well

[Libby2]

18. guess not even blowing up the planet

because that's basically what he's done.

[troublemaker]

19. At least 5% of the country is AFRAID to say they disapprove of Bush

I'd guess closer to 10%

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

20. 44% is VERY bad

I believe Poppy's were a lot higher before Clinton beat him.

By the way, I've always had a theory that even if chucklenuts ate toddler fingers on the White House lawn while wearing only black dress socks and singing "How Dry I Am," he'd still get 30% at least.

Seriously.

I think 30-35% is the floor for ANY president. So he's pretty damn low, guys.