Bush&#39;s Approval Rating Hovers Below 50 Percent
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Aug. 30, 2004 -- As the Republican Convention begins in New York, President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry are locked in a tight race and the president&#39;s approval rating is languishing below the 50 percent mark.
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President Bush&#39;s job approval rating climbed to 55 percent since winning re-election Nov. 2, the highest since the start of the year, according to a Gallup Organization poll for CNN and USA Today.
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A CBS News presidential poll released Tuesday shows US President George Bush leads Democratic nominee John Kerry by just a 48 to 45 percent margin.
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Three US opinion surveys show President George W. Bush pulling slightly ahead of John Kerry, his Democratic contender in the November 2 election, but by a small enough margin that both men are still locked in a statistical dead heat.
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President George W. Bush's recent gains in approval ratings have improved Republican prospects in the November 7 fight for Congress, but analysts say Democrats still have the upper hand with a disaffected public in the mood for change.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Despite a clear-cut reelection and the prospect of lasting GOP dominance in Congress, President Bush prepares to start his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any just-elected sitting president in half a century, according to new surveys.
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Once written off as an &quot;accidental president&quot; lacking statesmanship and political gravitas, George W. Bush confounded critics with a powerful showing in his bid for a second White House term.
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President Bush's lead over Democratic nominee John Kerry narrowed to six points in an ABC News/Washington Post poll of likely voters released on Monday, compared with a nine-point lead in the poll earlier this month.
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President George W. Bush enjoyed a  modest rise in public approval after his recent political  offensive on Iraq and security, but voters still favor  Democrats in the November 7 congressional election, according  to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
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Like twin Jacques Cousteaus of the political world, President Bush and Congress are probing the depths of public opinion polling as voters exasperated over Iraq, immigration and other issues give them strikingly low grades.
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President Bush holds a slim  two-point lead on Democratic rival John Kerry in the stretch  run of a tight race for the White House, according to a  Reuters/Zogby poll released on Friday.
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A year after approval of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq dipped to an all-time low, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds discontent toward the war easing slightly, with Republicans and independents significantly more positive about the situation than they were 12 months ago.
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Dismal approval ratings for the Democratic-led Congress &#151; even worse than President Bush's &#151; don't seem to be a threat to the party in next year's elections.
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President Bush, who didn't veto a bill for nearly six years, is now embracing the power to constrain the Democratic-controlled Congress even as his popularity remains low
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US President George W. Bush is leading his Democratic rival, John  Kerry, by eight percentage points among likely voters, but his advantage is narrower than just 10 days ago, according to a new opinion poll.
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Opposition to the Iraq war has climbed to a record high and President George W. Bush's approval rating dropped to a new low amid growing dissent from members of his own Republican party over his war strategy, according to a new USAToday/Gallup poll.
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Public approval of the job President Bush is doing now matches its all-time low, with widespread discontent over how he is handling the war in Iraq, efforts against terrorism and domestic issues, an AP-Ipsos poll released Thursday said.