Bush's ratings plummet in California

[jamesinca]

Less than half say he's doing a good job, the least since 9/11

John Wildermuth, Chronicle Political Writer Thursday, July 17, 2003

California's economic concerns, combined with growing partisan grumbling, have dropped President Bush's popularity in the state to its lowest mark since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Field Poll released today shows.

Forty-nine percent of those polled approve of Bush's job performance, down from 61 percent in April and 74 percent in the days following the al Qaeda attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.

While national polls still show Bush riding a wave of popularity, the sharp drop in California, which has 12 percent of the nation's population, is likely to start appearing elsewhere, said Mark DiCamillo, the poll's director.

"If you're looking for cracks in support for a Republican president, you should look to California, since that's the first place they're likely to show up," he said.

IT'S THE ECONOMY
The economy is the president's biggest problem in California. Among the state's adults surveyed, 52 percent are unhappy with Bush's handling of the national economy, up from 44 percent in April and 34 percent in April 2002.


The continuing conflict in Iraq also is hurting Bush in California. While 41 percent of those surveyed are very satisfied with the job the military did in overthrowing Saddam Hussein, only 20 percent feel the same way about the job the country has done since the major fighting stopped.

The random telephone survey of 788 California adults was conducted July 1- 13. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/17/MN44467.DTL

[DagmarK]

1. Yeah, just wait till we get Cheney's energy documents!!!

Due out approx Jan 2004. If they haven't all hit the shredder ........

[jamesinca]

3. Reading the whole article link,

The survey people said that CA will tend to show you political indicators before other places. We tend to be a little more extreme than other places, but it will show here first. Since we have 12% of the population here that is a lot of pissed off people right now. He is making inroads in the Latino community the article said. Up from 30 something percent.

Bush sucks and CA knows it.

[umcwb]

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