On the economy, 47 percent said they didn't approve of his economic performance and 44 percent saying they did. Another 10 percent were unsure.
On healthcare, only 40 percent approve of Bush's work so far, with 45 percent saying they disapprove.
And would voters re-elect him? About half (51 percent) said they'd like to see Bush get a second term, while 38 percent said no and 11 percent were unsure.
So Bush is nowhere near secure. In fact, he's toast if this is the best he can do with fullout military rah-rah behind him right now.
-- Nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] a shred of hope
Bush's latest Gallup approval ratings are 69% approve, 26% disapprove, a gap of 43 percentage points. The poll was taken April 7-9, as Baghdad was falling, and the numbers were essentially identical to March's. These are much weaker than Daddy Bush's numbers, which were 89/8 (a gap of 81 points) as the Gulf War ceasefire took effect on Feb 28 91 - and W's own numbers just after 9/11, when they were 90/6, the highest since Gallup started asking the question in 1941.
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