Americans worried about economy, blame Bush: poll
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Americans are becoming increasingly concerned about the state of the US economy and blaming President George W. Bush, according to Gallup poll figures released.
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Disappointing job creation figures issued Friday were a sharp blow to President Bush, making it much more difficult for him to argue on the campaign trail that the economy has turned the corner, analysts and pollsters said.
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The GOP convention gave President Bush a double-digit lead, but the race has settled into a virtual tie with voters still worried about the economy and Iraq, according to polling by the Pew Research Center.
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Most U.S. voters think the country is on the wrong track and remain deeply unhappy with President George W. Bush and Congress, but still feel good about their finances and optimistic about the future, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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TORRANCE, California  - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is slowing but is resilient and would overcome problems as it has in the past, following a government report showing growth slumped at the end of last year.
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COMPTON, California  - Economic worries dominated the presidential campaign on Thursday, with White House hopefuls on both coasts touting plans to ease the pain of a recession while President George W. Bush prepared to announce his own fiscal package.
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Consumers worried about job prospects. Raises questions about whether Americans will be in spending mood during holidays. Worries about job prospects sent consumer confidence in the United States to a seven
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry in an Associated Press poll, but the president has a big advantage on protecting the country - the issue voters say they care about most.   "If we don't take care of the terrorists, we certainly won't have to worry about the economy," said Janet Cross, 57, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who switched from Democrat to Republican for the last election...
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Bush administration officials on  Friday sought to ease fears the U.S. was tipping into recession  after a government report showed the economy shed jobs for the  first time in four years last month.
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Nearly nine out of 10 Americans were  worried about saving enough for retirement even before  President Bush began his recent campaign to change Social  Security, according to a newly released study.
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US consumer confidence has hit its lowest level in seven months as Americans react negatively to a combination of surging energy prices and a lacklustre recovery in the nation&#39;s labour market in the final weeks leading to the presidential election.
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President Bush attempted yesterday to calm Americans' anxiousness about the economy, even as he acknowledged that the nation's financial forecast is not entirely sunny because of the credit-market and mortgage crises.
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WASHINGTON - Concern about national security is dominating public attention in the final months of the presidential campaign because of continuing fears of terrorism and unhappiness about the war in Iraq, according to a poll released Wednesday.   "For the first time since the Vietnam era, national security issues are looming larger than economic issues in an election year," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press...
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush's economic  advisers warned on) Sunday that high energy prices have become  a drag on the U.S. economy and not a threat to growth, chipping  away at Bush's upbeat election-year projections and increasing  pressure on him to act.
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The holidays apparently were hard on the economic outlook of middle-aged Americans, according to The Washington Post-ABC News Consumer Comfort Index survey.
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Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama roasted President George W. Bush on the economy Monday, as world stock markets plummeted for a second day on fears of a US recession.
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Americans are worried about the economy and fear housing woes and war spending could spark a recession, despite the interest rate cut this week that sent stock markets soaring.