Minnesota Poll: Bush Approval Rating at 49%

[dflprincess]

From today's Minneapolis Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/stories/784/4093170.html

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Minnesota Poll: Economy takes its toll on Bush
President Bush's job approval rating in Minnesota has tumbled back to prewar levels, and his stewardship of the nation's economy is the biggest reason.

A new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll found Bush's job approval rating stands at 49 percent, down from 63 percent in April, when Minnesotans, along with the rest of the nation, rallied behind a president leading a nation in wartime. Bush's approval rating now is 1 point below the rating he received in February, but far lower than his high of 87 percent after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

As it has been throughout his presidency, Bush's approval rating is lower in Minnesota than it is nationwide. An ABC News poll this week found that 56 percent of Americans approved of the way he is handling the job of president.

As the presidential campaign gathers momentum, the new poll numbers potentially pose a peril for Bush. Support for his performance is relatively weaker among women, and Bush appears to have alienated a substantial number of the conservatives who form the core of his support.

However, the new poll shows "it appears the state has returned to its cultural base," according to poll director Rob Daves. Forty-seven percent of those polled identified themselves as DFLers or as leaning toward the DFL Party, while 38 percent said they were Republican or leaned toward that party.

[gully]

1. Thank Goodness, maybe I'll stick around this cold as he$$ place now...

However, the new poll shows "it appears the state has returned to its cultural base," according to poll director Rob Daves. Forty-seven percent of those polled identified themselves as DFLers or as leaning toward the DFL Party, while 38 percent said they were Republican or leaned toward that party.

[Democat]

2. The DFL needs to take back Minnesota

Bush and Norm Coleman must be defeated!

[GAspnes]

3. heh heh heh

the cold drives out conservatives. They'll be fleeing back to Arizona and Texas in another year.

[jiacinto]

4. Yeah

What this shows is that the red/blue map of 2000 is slowly reasserting itself again.

[diplomats]

5. How close was the race in Minnesota in 2000?

eom

[dflprincess]

7. Gore beat Bush by only about 3%

buy Nader took about 5% of the vote so I choose to look on the bright side, Bush* lost Minnesota by nearly 8%.

Does anyone remember the percentage Dayton won by?

Edit: I looked up the results for the senate race:

Dayton beat the Republican by 6%, 8% went to other parties

Dayton DFL 49%
Rod Grams Republica 43%
Jim Gibson Ind 6%
David Daniels Green 1%
Rebecca Ellis Socialist Workers 1%
David Swan Constituion 0%
Erik Pakieser Libertarian 0%

[Cha]

6. MOre Minnesotans Must be on top of it than the "rest of the Country"!

"a peril for Bush. Support for his performance is relatively weaker among women, and Bush appears to have alienated a substantial number of the conservatives who form the core of his support."


And the Women are smarter, too! :-)

[Prodemsouth]

8. Hopefully, they will reconsider all this "independent, third party"

bullshit too.

[mndemocrat_29]

9. Third parties are on the decline in Minnesota

The Senate candidate for the Independence party barely registered in 2002, and Tim Penny received only about 16 percent.

[Democat]

10. They need to reconsider Norm Coleman

Send him back to the Bush clone factory where he came from.

[wellst0nev0ter]

11. StarTribune Suffering From A Little "Freeperitis"

If it had been a Democrat, it would have read: Presidential Approval Rating At LOWEST Level Ever

But I'm just bitching, move along. . .

[dusty64]

12. Glad to see them slowly

coming to their senses.