----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> -Hmm, the Rasmussen daily poll has him at 46, up from 45 the first two -days of October. Must be the liberal media.
Although even Rasmussen shows a collapse in strong approval of Bush, which is down to 22%, while strong disapproval of Bush is at 40%. Bush holds onto support in the Rasmussen poll by a 24% "somewhat approve" number.
Rasmussen aggregates the Strongly Approve and the Somewhat Approve categories into his overall Approval rating , which means it's probably not completely comparable to other polls with a yes-no question.
Since Rasmussen gives four options, unlike some other polls, I think he tilts towards approval since folks with mixed feelings can grab onto the "somewhat approve" slot.
-- Nathan