Bush's Job Approval Hits New Low
President Bush's overall job approval has reached its lowest level — only 35 percent approve of the job he's doing. The rating is lower for the vice president and Congress. What's behind the slide and where does the White House go from here?
What's behind the slide indeed. Looking at the very last page of the actual poll results, we see the reason behind the slide.
Total Respondents 936
Total Republicans 223
Total Democrats 326
Total Independents 388
Did you know that there are 50% more Democrats in this country than Republicans? Neither did I. Yet CBS writes about their poll with phrases like "x% of Americans" and "the American people" think such and such. Maybe they're talking about their dream America.
Back in late August before the 6 point decline in Bush's approval rating, the respondents were broken out like this:
Total Respondents 871
Total Republicans 242
Total Democrats 289
Total Independents 340
Republicans still in the minority, but much less so. That alone is worth 3-4 percentage points in the approval ratings since only 15% of Republicans disapprove.
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