Sunday, June 06, 2004
....we're the sultans of swing...
Swing voters are apparently not impressed with Bush. According to Annenberg Public Policy Center Bush's overall approval rating stands at 44% with this group. Interestingly, Kerry's net approval rating with this group is no higher.
However, this group of voters may be ones that Kerry can close the deal with. Compared with the public at large, this group is less likely to describe themselves as conservative, less likely to be Republicans, less likely to attend church on a regular basis and less likely to be a gun owner.
Gallup also has an interesting new survey out:
In the most recent Gallup Poll, conducted May 21-23, 47% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of the job Bush is doing as president. That rating is characterized by a wide gulf in the views of Republicans and Democrats -- 89% of Republicans approve of Bush, but just 12% of Democrats do. That 77 percentage-point gap is the highest of Bush's presidency, and the gap between Republicans and Democrats has been 70 points or higher since mid-February.
But the really interesting number is with political independents. According to Gallup Bush approval rating is at 40%. It's been hovering there since the first part of May. If this trend isn't reversed...this could be the Bush Administration's death knell.
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However, this group of voters may be ones that Kerry can close the deal with. Compared with the public at large, this group is less likely to describe themselves as conservative, less likely to be Republicans, less likely to attend church on a regular basis and less likely to be a gun owner.
Gallup also has an interesting new survey out:
In the most recent Gallup Poll, conducted May 21-23, 47% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of the job Bush is doing as president. That rating is characterized by a wide gulf in the views of Republicans and Democrats -- 89% of Republicans approve of Bush, but just 12% of Democrats do. That 77 percentage-point gap is the highest of Bush's presidency, and the gap between Republicans and Democrats has been 70 points or higher since mid-February.
But the really interesting number is with political independents. According to Gallup Bush approval rating is at 40%. It's been hovering there since the first part of May. If this trend isn't reversed...this could be the Bush Administration's death knell.
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