Bush rating best in six months (USA TODAY/Gallup - 42%)

[sabra]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-21-bush-approval-rating_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA


Bush rating best in six months

WASHINGTON — The arrest of bomb plotters in London has helped buoy President Bush's approval rating and the prospects for Republican congressional candidates in November.

A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday put Bush's approval rating at 42%, the highest in six months. His approval rating on handling terrorism was 55%, the highest in more than a year.

Support for an unnamed Democratic congressional candidate over a Republican one has narrowed to 2 percentage points. For the past year, Democrats have led by much wider margins.

The success in disrupting a plot to bomb U.S. airliners "changes the way people evaluate the job that he's doing on terrorism," says Christopher Gelpi, a Duke political scientist who studies foreign policy and public opinion. "It also changes the subject of public discussion from the war in Iraq, which people are not very happy about." Gelpi cautioned the impact could be fleeting. "One event (in London) is likely to fade in the public mind," he says, "whereas the war in Iraq is an ongoing problem." Bush's rating on six other areas didn't significantly change.

[boolean]

1. Who ARE these people?

Seriously. He should be down to .00001% by now.

[high density]

12. Well I know some of them

And I generally understand why they are supporting him (even if the reason is something as stupid as "he's a Republican.")

What I don't get are all of the people who sway with the wind... This guy is so polarizing that I don't understand how somebody can say they approve of him one week and then disapprove the week after.

[FlavaKreemSnak]

21. It is because of all the bombing of Lebanon

It may not be a point of view that lots of people on DU have but if you notice whenever CNN shows a lot of military operations and bombings his ratings will go up because what a lot of people want to see is progress and action happening in the war on terror.

And they are not the ones reading or paying attention to all those Hezbollah won articles, all they are looking at are about the bombings and how many people we killed or Israel killed because to them that is good news about the war so they think well Bush is doing a good job and getting rid of more terrorists.

[rocktivity]

23. Operation Poll Vault is up and running.

Well, duh--the closer it gets to November 7, the closer it will get to 50 per cent. Which will, of course, mean that all the congressional races are too close to call. Which will, of course, mean the Repubs will squeak out wins by recount-proof margins.

:eyes:
rocknation

[goclark]

26. BINGO ~ the fix is in nt

[petepillow]

35. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Sad that we already are attuned to the pattern, isn't it. It's like it happens every election or something.

[calimary]

47. Makes me ill.

DAMN. I HATE these things. Who on EARTH still believes in him and trusts him? Are they really that moronic?

[RayOfHope]

2. Bullshit n/t

[acmavm]

10. I'm with you. Double bullshit.

They're getting scared, really scared, and they're lying big time now.

Remember before the 2004 elections? They started lying about his poll numbers back then too.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

30. Triple bullshit.

Very, very bullshitty.

[dback]

3. Last week Zogby had him at 34%

What the hell is going on?

[ShortnFiery]

25. What's going on: Smoke and Mirrors ...

If you don't think that our illustrious :sarcasm: M$M is not working in total submission to the PsyOps boys and girls in the Pentagon, et. al., THINK AGAIN.

We are ALWAYS being lied to ... why do you think the the USA's M$M is such a joke around the world? ;)

[NYC Liberal]

34. Two words: Midterm Elections. And they're in 3 months.

The spin is gonna get louder and louder as we get closer. Ya know, like making a 42 percent approval rating out to be a "GOOD" thing.

[Captain Hilts]

4. Gallup surveys have the highest amplitude/volatility. nt

[jsamuel]

14. That way, every poll is a "bounce" or a "sharp decline"

36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42% 36% 42%

Makes for good news... :eyes:

[Captain Hilts]

18. They don't weigh their samples as tightly as other firms nt

[Subdivisions]

5. If that poll is true, and you know it is,

that just because they numbed us by sending some State Department lackey to Thailand to get Karr and then proceeded to shove that down our throats to leave the sheeple thinking how they pulled off a glorious victory against terrorism in London.

[budkin]

6. Bush played no part in the foiling of the London plot

But I'm glad that he's keeping us "safe."

Vote Repug in 2006!

[OhioChick]

7. BS........

I'd like to hear which areas they're polling.

[BootinUp]

8. No surprise, our countrymen haven't had time to evolve much.

The Democratic party will still be challenged to come through on election day in terms of national security, better stay worried and be prepared.

[depakid]

9. Gallup had to come along and lend support

to Bush after what the other polls showed last week.

Bottom line- Gallup lacks credibility.

[fooj]

11. Sure. He's done so many POSITIVE things in the last 6 months...

What a load of bullshit. We should expect manipulated poll #'s. They do this before EVERY election!

[ECH1969]

13. No this is impossible

They are lies.

[lfairban]

15. Only Gallup and CNN have him rated this high.

I think the last rating he got from Foxx had him at 35%.

[lyonn]

49. Interesting chart - looks like most polls are still under 40%

They hype appears to be in the polls the media chooses to quote. Even then, what are we talking about, about 10 people that think he is doing better?!

[Sherman A1]

16. Horse Hockey!

Don't believe it for a minute

[Aviation Pro]

17. What these up and down numbers represent....

...is how guided by emotion these Little Monkey supporters are. If you cannot discern facts from bullshit and come to a logical conclusion then what good are you?

[Tempest]

19. Gallup overpolls Repugs and it skews their poll results

GALLUP OVER-SAMPLES REPUBLICANS: In 2000, exit polls showed that Democratic turnout exceeded Republican turnout by four percentage points. In 1996, Democratic turnout was five percentage points greater. There were also more Democrats voting in 1992 and 1988. A study by the Pew Research Center found that party registration is about the same as in 2000. But Gallup's most recent survey of 1006 registered voters included 40 percent Republicans and 31 percent Democrats.

[Betty]

20. how stupid do you have to be

to credit that moron with something that the London poice did????? As stupid as crediting Saddam with something that Osama did, I guess.

[leesa]

22. It's just a routine...they create the con job that is supposed to trigger

a rise in the polls, then they create the poll to match. None of it is real. It's all just Madison Avenue hype. He is a product they are marketing and they create the teevee ad for him too..."9 out of 10 doctors agree..."

It's nonsense.

[AtomicKitten]

24. I've also read

he got absolutely no bounce out of the faux terror plot.

And since when is a 42% approval rating something to cheer about? Yikes.

[Fovea]

27. Has Gallup resorted to push polling?

That is the only way I could believe those numbers.

[markam]

28. Bush's ratings are determined by 1 factor only

What is happening with gas. Gas prices have been stable (but high) for the past couple of months. People have very short-term memory and now 3/gallon seems normal. When prices start going up again (which they will), his ratings will go down.

World events, death, lies, corruption, none of that matters to the average American. All that matters is what happens to gas prices between each visit to the pump. When prices are rising, Bush gets the blame. The repubs know this and will do everything possible to supress prices until the election.

[Amonester]

68. Which is the only reason why the cabal will not attack Iran...

...before the election.

But after the election, I say watch out for a revived round of lies and fearmongering propaganda.

We all know the Republicans won't care at all if we'd all freeze to death next winter as nobody will be able to cope with a $250+ a barrel of crude...

Remember La Nouvelle Orléans.

[Demeter]

29. It's Too Early for This

and cutting gas prices only through Labor Day isn't going to buy any loyalty either. The smell of desperation...gonna run out of tricks before October at this rate, when the markets are set to implode....It's going to be a very interesting Christmas. I hope Santa brings us a new Congress!

[Guaranteed]

31. OH! Is this the same poll that showed the Congressional gap closing?

Yeahhhh....it all makes sense now.

*cough* bullshit *cough*

[sakabatou]

32. I wanna know the breakdown

[petepillow]

33. it's the karr-jbr effect

americans have finally found a scandal that doesn't have to do with the boosh administration. and boy is it getting coverage. this could be bigger than a runaway bride.

[agio]

36. Headline should read: Bush's ratings suck slightly less

And how does Bush get any credit for "disrupting a plot" anyways?

[ConcernedCanuk]

37. As an Auto mechanic, if only 42% of my customers were happy with my work

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.
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I'd be out of a job

As should be your Pretzeldent

[Cha]

38. I don't believe it.

No one is that fucking dumb.

[Cha]

39. And if they are it's because of our

fascist media..we really do need to do something about getting the whole lowdown out of the bush cabal.

[Joe Bacon]

40. The amazing lies from the Main$tream Media

Every week they say that Chucklenuts is on the rebound. It's right out of Orwell. I'm waiting for the Main$tream $tenographer$ to write that Bush increased the chocolate rations from 10 grams to 5 grams.

Someday, these $tenographer$ will be in the dock of the Hague answering for their crimes. I pray to live to see that day...

[bluestateguy]

41. Good Lord when Bill Clinton had these numbers they called it

the end of his presidency.

But that's Baby Bush's America, where expectations are set so low that meeting them is treated as a crowing act of Herculean achievement.

All other polls show him between 34%-38%.

This is an outlier. CNN is just in a tizzy because Fox is kicking their ass in the ratings and they want to suck up to the whitemaleconservatives who watch Fox.

[rodeodance]

42. those 'security moms" are not yet convinced.

[filer]

45. Bingo! It's the Security Moms,

wetting themselves in fear again. Dem candidates better run to the right...err center...again. Better listen to the DLC. Americans are scared of Democrats. They're soft on terrorists.

[Amonester]

43. So let's all "Gallup" to the ten trillion dollars in debt! Hurrah!

Ten trillion dollars in debt?? Hurrah! <- (+/-40%)
One hundred thousands more in deep doo-doo each second??Hooray! <- (+/-40%)
Really?? Who R these nut-heads??


Remember Nouvelle Orleans

[CBHagman]

44. Why is 42 percent a glorious achievement?

Boy, are they spinning this! If it were President Clinton with a 42 percent approval rating, there would be legions of dour pundits and anchors speaking grimly of the "incredible shrinking presidency" and the malaise on the administration, etc.

Bush has a higher disapproval rating than approval rating, and you would think he could heal the sick and raise the dead. :eyes:

[agincourt]

46. Well either it's rigged polls for a rigged election,

Or people actually beleive that cutting off funding for liquid explosive detection is keeping us safe.

[Patchuli]

48. Aw bullshit

Besides, * had nothing to do with 'disrupting' any terror plots. They're trying to fly on Brit coattails, which may or not be total bullshit too.

[Alacrat]

50. If these are true, he is going to get a bigger bump soon

With the five year anniversary of 9/11, all the fear relived. The "I hear you, and the terra ist, will soon hear you" moment played over and over. This will remind a lot of people "why we went to war", and renew their resolve as bush likes to say. All though I think it will wear off by November. If the real truth were told bush's numbers would sink like a rock, but you will have to stay up late at night ie.. 1am on court tv, 9/11 commision is on, or read the last page of the paper to get the truth. Spread the word, we know better.

[freedomburn]

51. Gallup is not credible. Their polls are slanted.

[Apollo11]

52. So much spin

This is a telephone poll of only 1000 adults (margin of error + or - 3 percent)

If you look at the chart on the USA Today website, you'll see that Bush approval ratings have been on a downward trend since they hit an all-time high in September 2001.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/presidential_approval/flash.htm

But of course - the Bush/Rove machine know that the so-called "War On Terror" is the only chance they have of holding onto both houses of Congress this November.

[Omaha Steve]

53. Poll: GOP up after terror arrests

FULL story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-08-21-bush-approval-rating_x.htm



Poll: GOP up after terror arrests

Updated 8/22/2006 9:13 AM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions | Subscribe to stories like this
By Susan Page and David Jackson, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — The arrest of terror suspects in London has helped buoy President Bush to his highest approval rating in six months and dampen Democratic congressional prospects to their lowest in a year.

In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, support for an unnamed Democratic congressional candidate over a Republican one narrowed to 2 percentage points, 47%-45%, among registered voters. Over the past year, Democrats have led by wider margins that ranged up to 16 points.

POLL RESULTS: Bush approval chart | Complete results

Now 42% of Americans say they approve of the job Bush is doing as president, up 5 points since early this month. His approval rating on handling terrorism is 55%, the highest in more than a year.

The boost may prove to be temporary, but it was evidence of the continuing political power of terrorism.

[AndyA]

54. And the GOP had NOTHING to do with it.

But they're happy to take credit wherever they can. Opportunists. Liars. Cheats. Murderers. That's today's GOP. Had enough yet?

[Matariki]

55. This doesn't bode well -

their approval ratings go up when arrests are made. just like the phoney war they started...

[electropop]

59. Relax, the baseline level is unchanged,

and on further reflection, people will gradually realize that terrorism is more and more prevalent the longer the GOP is around to play their phony games instead of protect us.

Bush and his GOP are seen as liars, and that undermines any message they are trying to peddle, including "we can protect you."

[Avalux]

56. The people of this country are a bunch of weak-minded idiots.

Well, not all, but those whose opinion was swayed by our government's manipulation of the situation. I really have a hard time believing they are STILL getting results from playing the terror card. So what happens if an terror attack actually occurs? Will Bush's approval rating (and the GOP's) shoot up to 80%?? x(

You know what's ironic? We were TOLD the GOP's strategy for November is to use terror to get votes. It's not a secret.

[Deja Q]

57. Living in poverty is what these people want?

:shrug:

[JeffR]

58. 42% approval rating?

I don't know what they're smoking over at Gallup, but that's some fuzzy math right there.:rofl:

[Bumblebee]

60. C'mon, Gallup has a very mixed history of their polls from month to month

Highly unreliable but, unfortunately, also highly quotable and I guess readable in hotels. :) Watch him "unexpectedly" fall in the next one. The trouble with inaccurate polls is that when GOP steals elections, there are always polls to show the contest was closer than it really was. That's my main concern -- and it has to do with perception, not reality.

[Tellurian]

61. Gallop is Bogus and a gop tool. n/t

[Newsjock]

62. Poll: GOP up after 'Snakes on a Plane' opens

WASHINGTON — The long-awaited opening of the fan-driven movie "Snakes on a Plane" has helped buoy President Bush to his highest approval rating in six months and dampen Democratic congressional prospects to their lowest in a year.

It's just as valid a premise!

[calimary]

64. I have just one thing to say about that...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2792780&mesg_id=2792780

[onehandle]

63. Hooray for Fear!

Morons.

[HuffleClaw]

65. why not claim 'GOP up after jonbenet arrest' ?

it would be just as bogus a claim.

[NotGivingUp]

66. they lie to us about ALL the numbers...including these

[demo dutch]

67. Just the other day the polls said it didn't help their ratings at all!

[lpbk2713]

69. It's only up because he went on vacation.

And he didn't get a chance to fuggup much.

[ribrepin]

70. I participate in the Gallup Panel

I sure as hell haven't given him a positive rating.

[Anakin Skywalker]

71. Easy to Get High Ratings

when you deliberately scare the jeebus out of the masses! Cheap cattleherder ploy.

Don't pat yourself on the back, Shrub!

[stepnw1f]

72. Bullllshit! LOL! (nt)

[childslibrarian]

73. Yep, Karl Rove is on the Job

Terror, terror, terror...all the time. Tweak the price of gas, steal a few votes, it's in the can.

[RCinBrooklyn]

74. Gallup always skewers results toward Bush - ALWAYS

[Matilda]

75. How much has this to do with Lebanon?

Seems the sheeple bought the terrorist bomb plot story, but plenty of others out there also think
that Hezbollah took Lebanon into war with Israel. It seems to be partly "poor little Israel",
and partly "evil terrorists" - i.e. if they're Muslim, they're terrorists.

Rupert Murdoch is busy throwing sand in sheeple's eyes, like this little effort last week:

"Nicole Kidman and 83 of her Hollywood mates have denounced terrorism, 'cos it's like, really bad?

"In a move that has the international Muslim community quaking in its boots, the group of high-
profile luvvies has taken out a powerfully worded full-page advertisement the The Los Angeles Times
calling for an end to the slaughter of innocents by nasty men belonging to organisations starting
with H. Take that, you terrorist punks!"


http://www.smh.com.au/news/stay-in-touch/hollywood-is-doing-its-bit-for-the-war-effort/2006/08/17/1155407952582.html


Collectively, these people mightn't be able to muster half a brain between them, but they're
famous, and that's enough for some people. If that nice Mr Bush wants to give Israel enough time
to demolish a whole country, well fine, he's fighting terrorism, isn't he?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

76. Still shitty.

Real shitty.

Even making believe, it's shitty.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

77. Sadly

I fully believe this fucking poll. After 2004, why do any of you trust American voters to ever do the right thing?

Fear tactics win, plain and simple.

[Algorem]

78. they used to never say he was below 42,now they're trying have that back

won't work