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| Renegade |
50% of Americans believe in Guardian angels. (link)
45% of Americans believe in ghosts. (link)
44% of Americans believe that the world is less than 10,000 years old. (link)
41% of Americans believe that Atlantis once existed. (link)
32% of Americans believe that UFOs of alien or interdimensional origins regularly visit Earth. (link)
28% of Americans believe that George Bush is doing a good job:
| quote: | Poll: Bush Approval Rating At New Low
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2007(CBS) President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night to a nation that's strongly opposed to his plan for increasing troops in Iraq and deeply unhappy with his performance as president, according to a CBS News poll.
Mr. Bush’s overall approval rating has fallen to just 28 percent, a new low, while more than twice as many (64 percent) disapprove of the way he's handling his job.
Two-thirds of Americans remain opposed to the president's plan for sending more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq — roughly the same number as after Mr. Bush announced the plan. And 72 percent believe he should seek congressional approval for the troop increase.
However, the poll finds more Americans might back the president's plan if they were convinced it would assure U.S. success in Iraq.
SHOULD U.S. SEND 20,000 MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ?
Favor
29%
Oppose
66%
…if it increased U.S.’ chances for success?
Favor
53%
Oppose
38%
However, Americans aren't convinced the U.S. needs a troop increase to achieve its goals in Iraq. Just 26 percent think that's needed, about the same number that think those goals can be reached without sending in more troops.
Forty-one percent think the U.S. can't achieve its goals regardless of troop levels.
Read the complete CBS News poll results.
The president's nationally televised message to Congress may not even reach many of those whose minds he would like to change. Less than half the public says it's very likely to watch the speech — and that answer comes more from those who already support him.
There's still more troubling news for the president: By a more than 2-to-1 margin, Americans think Mr. Bush does not share their priorities. Just 28 percent think he does, while 69 percent think he does not.
More than two-thirds of Americans also think the country has gotten off on the wrong track, while just 26 percent think it is headed in the right direction.
DOES BUSH SHARE YOUR PRIORITIES?
Yes
28%
No
69%
Mr. Bush's approval rating is much lower than it was one year ago, when 42 percent of Americans approved, and far lower than the ratings he received in polls prior to his previous State of the Union addresses. Those ratings have fallen steadily since a high of 82 percent in January 2002, shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
His job approval is also far below those of other modern two-term presidents at this point in their second terms.
In January 1999, for example, just after his impeachment by the House of Representatives, President Bill Clinton's job approval rating was 65 percent. In January 1987, President Ronald Reagan's was 52 percent. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson received a 47 percent approval rating, even as debate about the Vietnam War raged.
The war in Iraq remains the most important problem facing the country, cited by 33 percent of Americans, far more than mentioned the next top issues, the economy and jobs (8 percent) and health care (7 percent).
Only one in four believes the war is going even somewhat well, while three-quarters say it's going badly — something the president himself acknowledged earlier this month and the highest number since the war began.
MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM
War in Iraq
33%
Economy and jobs
8%
Health care
7%
Americans are split on whether Congress, now under Democratic control, should offer a non-binding resolution against the troop increase: 42 percent say yes and 42 percent say no. But more than half of Americans — including most Democrats — want Congress to cut off the money for the troop buildup, including a small number who want to cut funds for the entire war.
Mr. Bush is expected to talk mostly about domestic concerns in Tuesday's address — and that is what most Americans want to hear; just one in four wants to hear mostly about foreign policy and Iraq.
On the domestic front, Americans think the economy is in good shape, but a majority says the Social Security system needs to be fixed now.
The public is split on whether the 2001 tax cuts should be made permanent. More than half think the issue of illegal immigration is very serious, but are divided on whether Congress will actually pass immigration reform.
Americans continue to see global warming as a serious problem. Seven in 10 say it is a problem that is having a serious impact right now. A quarter disagrees. |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007...in2384943.shtml
I think we're almost at the stage where we've reached the furthest possible nadir of Bush's unpopularity: even Nixon had an approval rating of 25% during the Watergate scandal (link). What happens from here? Will his approval rating inevitably bounce up as his presidency nears a close, or can he sink even further yet? |
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| LazFX |
You know, Tonights Address should be intersting...
lets see where the Poll goes after tonight.
It should be intersting....... |
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| metalgearsolid |
| Goddamit! Those polls are not accurate!! |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by metalgearsolid
Goddamit! Those polls are not accurate!! |
Oh really? And what are you basing that on, exactly? This isn't the only recent poll showing that Bush is currently experiencing record levels of unpopularity, by the way...
| quote: | According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, Bush's overall approval rating is 33 percent, matching the lowest it has been in Post-ABC polls since he took office in 2001. Sixty-five percent say they disapprove. Equally telling is the finding that 51 percent of Americans now strongly disapprove of his performance in office, the worst rating of his presidency. Just 17 percent strongly approve of the way he is handling his job.
Only two presidents have had lower approval ratings on the eve of a State of the Union speech. Richard Nixon was at 26 percent in 1974, seven months before he resigned in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal. Harry Truman was at 23 percent in January 1952, driven down by public disapproval of the Korean War and his firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. |
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ht...840_bush23.html |
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| Lira |
It's like having a long relationship with a "bad boy": at first, you might think he's rebellious, confident and strong (although everyone tells you he's immature and dumb). In the end, you realise he's indeed just immature, dumb and whiny :p
(Not that I'm talking by experience or anything, but that's how I see the relationship between Bush and his supporters throughout the years). |
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| LazFX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
It's like having a long relationship with a "bad boy": at first, you might think he's rebellious, confident and strong (although everyone tells you he's immature and dumb). In the end, you realise he's indeed just immature, dumb and whiny :p
(Not that I'm talking by experience or anything, but that's how I see the relationship between Bush and his supporters throughout the years). |
that sounds about right... :) |
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| metalgearsolid |
| I wasn't referring to the Bush poll. I don't like him. I was referring to the ghost and guardian angel one. Thats bull! |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by metalgearsolid
I wasn't referring to the Bush poll. I don't like him. I was referring to the ghost and guardian angel one. Thats bull! |
Hey, don't say that! You're going to end up drifting apart from your guardian ghost :p |
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| pmoisse |
| quote: | MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM
War in Iraq
33%
Economy and jobs
8%
Health care
7%
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I think that this is the more serious point being made in the article. It shows how much of a diversion the war has been for most (surveyed) Americans. While I understand that a lot of families have loved ones serving their country, I think the economy & healthcare is a more serious issue that will end up sneaking up on a lot of people.
Manufacturing jobs are being shipped overseas in huge numbers, real wages have gone down while housing prices remain high. Healthcare premiums are high, for those who can actually afford the coverage and out of reach for those who cannot.
Couple all this with an aging population that will lay a beating on social security and medicare in the coming years, it doesn't paint too pretty of a picture.
Tax cuts are great and all, but not while INCREASING your spending. I think that's been the most fatally flawed logic of Bush's whole presidency. If the US Government were an actual company, it's board would have fired the CEO long ago. There isn't enough national income to service the existing debt, nevermind the costs that are known to increase (social security & healthcare being the big ones). |
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| NeoPhono |
| quote: | Originally posted by metalgearsolid
I wasn't referring to the Bush poll. I don't like him. I was referring to the ghost and guardian angel one. Thats bull! |
I tend to agree. Some of those figures seem next to impossible. The one that got me was the one claiming that only 55% of "scientists" believed in natural evolution (from one of the links). I wonder how the poll differentiated between the "divine guidance" view of evolution versus "natural" evolution. I know many scientists who are spiritual or maybe deist, but they still whole-heartedly believe in natural evolution. I'd like to know if they were lumped into the non-natural evolution group. It just seems like a very high number. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
50% of Americans believe in Guardian angels. (link)
45% of Americans believe in ghosts. (link)
44% of Americans believe that the world is less than 10,000 years old. (link)
41% of Americans believe that Atlantis once existed. (link)
32% of Americans believe that UFOs of alien or interdimensional origins regularly visit Earth. (link)
28% of Americans believe that George Bush is doing a good job:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007...in2384943.shtml
I think we're almost at the stage where we've reached the furthest possible nadir of Bush's unpopularity: even Nixon had an approval rating of 25% during the Watergate scandal (link). What happens from here? Will his approval rating inevitably bounce up as his presidency nears a close, or can he sink even further yet? |
You forgot to say that Guardian Angels therefore should be running the States :p |
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| christos |
| you gotta love those surveys....so detailed:toothless |
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