Bush poll numbers plummeting; Kerry beats Bush 53-42

[rev]

The ABC News/Washington Post poll is seen as the most friendly to Bush post-9/11. It's conducted nationally among samples of voters -- samples determined by computer algorithms. The people that produce these polls are often hired by campaigns on both sides of the aisle for internal polling and tactics.

Here's an image showing where a multitude of polls have placed Bush's approval rating during his presidency:

http://www.pollkatz.homestead.com/files/image001.gif

[joncha]

rev:

[titansfan216]

Thanks rev.

[Jac de Molay]

People are finally coming to their senses on how corrupt, dishonest, and intolerant this administration really is. These guys make the Nixon Administration look like choirboys.

Barring something big like OBL's capture, I can see bush getting spanked in November. If not, I'm moving to Canada.

[RGBVideo]

Tass -- > You are = You're != Your

[Nubclear]

To what post are you referring?

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Jac de Molay
People are finally coming to their senses on how corrupt, dishonest, and intolerant this administration really is. These guys make the Nixon Administration look like choirboys.

Barring something big like OBL's capture, I can see bush getting spanked in November. If not, I'm moving to Canada.

You must kidding yourself. Corrupt? In your dreams. Dishonest? This adminstration has been far more honest than previous ones. And intolerant? Not really.

[Nubclear]

Saddam really had WoMD!!!
But...its those evil gay people who hid them!

[RGBVideo]

To what post are you referring?

All of yours in the first page, for example:

Get a grip, Fez. Your wrong. Why can't you just admit it?

Constant failure to spell basic words correctly just looks annoying, that's why I brought this up.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Fez
You must kidding yourself. Corrupt? In your dreams. Dishonest? This adminstration has been far more honest than previous ones. And intolerant? Not really.

what information can you present to support your "belief"?

[rev]

I don't know if they're corrupt, but it's not as if they don't give us enough fishy-smelling crap -- Halliburton's billions in contracts with its ex-CEO as the second-most powerful person in the US Government.

Especially when thins like this keep showing up:

MSNBC: Ex-Halliburton employees tell of overbilling

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by VJ

All of yours in the first page, for example:



Constant failure to spell basic words correctly just looks annoying, that's why I brought this up.

The fact I was up at 4:30AM posting makes a bit of a difference.. I freaking hate apolyton.. so damn addicting.. why the hell did I show up again? You are wrong about that one.

[Whoha]

all we have to do to stop China is burn down every walmart in the country(edit:US not China).

[Ming]

Thought it was worth posting the latest poll information in this thread... From CNN.com

CNN -- Despite a week of negative headlines about how his administration handled the threat of terrorism before the attacks of September 11, 2001, President Bush's political position against presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry has strengthened, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.

The poll results suggest that the Bush campaign's attempts to paint Kerry as a tax-raising liberal who flip-flops on the issues has affected the race more than charges by former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke that Bush and his national security team didn't pay enough attention to al Qaeda in the months leading up to 9/11.

Among likely voters surveyed, 51 percent said they would choose Bush for president, while 47 percent said they would vote for Kerry, within the margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Three weeks ago, as Kerry was cinching the Democratic nomination with a string of primary victories, he led the president by 8 points in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup among likely voters, 52 percent to 44 percent.

Part of the reason for the shift is that a more equal number of Democrats and Republicans now say they are likely to vote this year. In earlier polls taken in the heat of the primary season, Democrats had expressed more enthusiasm about voting than Republicans, which buoyed Kerry's numbers among likely voters.

In a three-way race with independent Ralph Nader, Bush was the choice of 49 percent, Kerry was picked by 45 percent and Nader by 4 percent.

Bush job approval rises

In another bit of good news for the White House, Bush's job approval rating stood at 53 percent in the latest poll, the highest number recorded on that question since January. Three weeks ago, the president's job approval was at 49 percent, dipping below the 50 percent threshold considered a sign of danger for an incumbent running for re-election.

The poll found that the Bush campaign's media blitz against Kerry -- which began earlier this month after he became the presumptive nominee -- has begun having an effect on how Americans perceive the four-term senator from Massachusetts.

In the latest survey, 41 percent of respondents said they thought Kerry was too liberal, compared to just 29 percent who thought so in February. Asked if they thought their own taxes would go up if Kerry wins, 58 percent said yes, while only 29 percent said no. And 57 percent said they believe Kerry has changed his mind on issues for political reasons.

Fifty-three percent of poll respondents said they had an overall favorable opinion of Kerry, down from 60 percent in February. The number who had an unfavorable opinion of Kerry was 36 percent, up 10 points since February.

Bush, at 57 percent, now has slightly higher favorability numbers than Kerry, and his favorability rating has remained virtually unchanged since February. However, the president's unfavorability rating is higher, at 41 percent.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Giancarlo
My dad serves in the government. I am also a resident of California.

Is your dad a U.S. citizen, or were you born in the U.S.? Otherwise, this doesn't mean anything--you wouldn't be able to vote unless you were a citizen.