Thread: Bush plunges to 22 percent

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Friday, May 19, 2006



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Bush plunges
to 22 percent
As president finally addresses immigration issue,
New York poll shows support at lowest level yet

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Posted: May 19, 2006
12:20 a.m. Eastern




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© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
New York voters who gave George Bush soaring 82 percent approval ratings in 2001 have turned their backs on the president, with only 22 percent now saying they approve of the way he's doing his job.

The precipitous drop comes at a time when the president is seeking support in Congress for his immigration reform initiatives – and during an election year when immigration will be a key issue in many congressional districts.

The president's handling of the war met with the disapproval of 74 percent of respondents, with 67 percent saying going into Iraq was a mistake. Despite the overwhelming anti-war sentiment reflected in the poll, only 39 percent of voters were willing to call for a complete removal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

Broken down by party, Bush could claim support from 50 percent of Republicans, 19 percent of independents and 8 percent of Democrats.


"President Bush just keeps going down-down-down in this oh-so-blue state. You have to wonder at what number he hits bottom," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

In 2001, the Quinnipiac poll gave Bush an 82 percent approval rating.

While the poll, a survey of 1,154 New York State registered voters, conducted from May 8-14 by Quinnipiac University, was taken before the president addressed the nation earlier this week on the subject of immigration, it reflects the dwindling political capital he brings to the contentious issue that deeply divides his party and the nation.


President Bush at the border

Bush, speaking in Yuma, Ariz., yesterday, again reiterated his proposals for 6,000 National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border to assist the Border Patrol, more detention facilities, a guest worker program, tamper-proof ID cards and program for the millions of illegal immigrants, already in the U.S., to earn citizenship.

According to the Rasmussen poll released two days ago, only 39 percent of Americans were in agreement with the president following his televised speech earlier this week on the immigration issue. An equal number opposed his approach. Among Republicans, only 60 percent stood with Bush. Forty-seven percent said they did not believe his proposals would work.

Additionally, following the speech, support for Democrat congressional candidates jumped 5 percent over where it had stood the week before, Rasmussen reports. Only 58 percent of conservatives said they would vote for the Republican candidate.

WorldNetDaily readers, responding to a WND Daily Poll following the president's speech, were overwhelmingly negative in their appraisal of the president's proposals.


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Over coffee this morning the spouse and I were wondering what happened to those opinion polls...hadn't seen an approval rating for Bush in quite some time...but I figured right at 20%...more and more people are wising up...or...they're finally calling real honest to goodness voters.

MJ

The Congresses ratings are even lower!

The answer is simple:

1) Do what the majority of your people want, your ratings will be good AND you will always get re-elected.

2) Do what the small special interest groups want, try to be our Mommies and Daddies by shaking your finger in our faces and telling us you know whats best for us, your ratings will be low AND you'll be heading for an early retirement, no matter how much special interest money you spend to convince us otherwise.

What part of THAT don't they understand!!!!!

Bush doesn't care. He's so disconnected from real America. I'll give you an example of how disconnected these elites are. They asked Laura Bush a while back what she thought of her husbands poll numbers and she said she thinks they are made up, that they don't exist, she thinks her husband is so popular and gets cheered everywhere he goes. Well that's not hard to do when you screen out the crowds to make sure the Anti Bush crowd is weeded out well in advanced and nobody in the military is going to not cheer because they will get punished if they don't. Maybe if some people started chunking tomatoes at his rotten head, maybe he'll start to get the point.

They asked Laura Bush a while back what she thought of her husbands poll numbers and she said she thinks they are made up,

Laura also said (when asked about illegals) "we are a welcoming Country".

Yeah Laura,
We welcome drug dealers, terrorists, free-loaders to our welfare system, and every day normal criminals crossing our borders.

When Laura is right she's right!

I think they are really lower than 22% just not getting any media.

Is this like algebra? Can we have negative poll numbers less than 0?

It seems that Bush wants ever lower poll numbers as they may indicate success in his agenda.

You can bet that the Republicans up for election are very worried.

What in the heck is up w/ Laura Bush. She preaches education while supporting the number one thing that is destroying it. I really wish teachers would write her and tell her what is going on. I still have some hope that she is a good person.

Really? A good person?? If she had one ounce of personal integrity she would not be married to someone like G. Bush.

End of sermon.

MJ