Bush's approval rating hits a staggering 57%

[ntdz]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14839

Guess the Iraq vote helped people change their opinion of the Iraq war, seeing as it was a huge success. Maybe Bush was right after all?

 

[nageov3t]

probably a short-term post Iraqi election bump.

budget cuts and social security will start to drag it down, though.

 

[aidanjm]

Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

Did u read that in the NY Times or did Teddy Kennedy tell you that in a speech?

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

[remember]First election[/remember]

Yes it was a total success. Its not as low as 30% but nowhere near as high as 80%. In my mind even if 20% showed it still would have been a success. Democracy won, terrorist scum lost.

It doesn't matter who ends up in power. In fact Allawi may not be Prime Minister for long, but thats ok. Thats what democracy is all about. If they want a bit of a Islamic flavor in their constitution thats fine, we have some christian traditions by which this nation was founded and developed.

 

[kogase]

A staggering 57 percent? That's pretty close to 50%. Come back when his approval rating is 80% before you use the adjective "staggering".

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: kogase
A staggering 57 percent? That's pretty close to 50%. Come back when his approval rating is 80% before you use the adjective "staggering".

Maybe you attend public school so I'll forgive you for that. Not your fault our school system is weak

57% is closer to 60% than 50%.

 

[Darthvoy]

Ohh you forgot this part
"Survey Methods: Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,010 national adults, aged 18 and older, conducted Feb. 4-6, 2005. For results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls."

and this one

"Lttle Change in Bush Aproval Rating on Issues Except for Iraq"

ooh and just because his approval rating is up doesn't mean that the 49% who didn't vote for him have changed their minds...

 

[gutharius]

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14839

Guess the Iraq vote helped people change their opinion of the Iraq war, seeing as it was a huge success. Maybe Bush was right after all?

Positive poll results != ethically righteous decision

 

[Rainsford]

I love the concept that just because we have a democracy, the definition of "right" suddenly changes. Majority is how we determine our leaders, right and wrong are still decided the old fashioned way.

 

[raildogg]

lol I love how some of you people are outright dismissing his bump in approval ratings simply because they're in his favor and not in yours.

Remember a few weeks back when he had 50% approval you were all predicting doom and gloom for Bush?

Phonies.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol I love how some of you people are outright dismissing his bump in approval ratings simply because they're in his favor and not in yours.

Remember a few weeks back when he had 50% approval you were all predicting doom and gloom for Bush?

Phonies.

That is much better than dismissing lower approval ratings and getting all excited about higher ratings, eh?

 

[Jeff7181]

I don't put much value in approval ratings and polls... as the saying goes, figures don't lie, but liars will figure. In other words... they can make the polls show anything they want them to show.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol I love how some of you people are outright dismissing his bump in approval ratings simply because they're in his favor and not in yours.

Remember a few weeks back when he had 50% approval you were all predicting doom and gloom for Bush?

Phonies.

settle down, holden. dont put on your people-hunting cap just yet.
some of us never cared about approval ratings from the get-go.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol I love how some of you people are outright dismissing his bump in approval ratings simply because they're in his favor and not in yours.

Remember a few weeks back when he had 50% approval you were all predicting doom and gloom for Bush?

Phonies.

Right now the Iraqi Elelctions gave a lot of those who gave their approval of the Dub a view of the light at the end of the tunnel there. However if Americans Soldiers keep dieing in Iraq the Dub's popularity will plummet again.

 

[conjur]

FYI:

Clinton's final approval rating? 65%


Bush still has a long way to go.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: kogase
A staggering 57 percent? That's pretty close to 50%. Come back when his approval rating is 80% before you use the adjective "staggering".

Maybe you attend public school so I'll forgive you for that. Not your fault our school system is weak

57% is closer to 60% than 50%.

A swing and a miss. I never said 57% was closer to 50% than it was to 60%. I said that it is "pretty close to 50%".

 

[arsbanned]

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

[remember]First election[/remember]

Yes it was a total success. Its not as low as 30% but nowhere near as high as 80%. In my mind even if 20% showed it still would have been a success. Democracy won, terrorist scum lost.

Kerry is a "terrorist scum"?
Wow., you partisan idiots really are brainwashed.

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: arsbanned

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

[remember]First election[/remember]

Yes it was a total success. Its not as low as 30% but nowhere near as high as 80%. In my mind even if 20% showed it still would have been a success. Democracy won, terrorist scum lost.

Kerry is a "terrorist scum"?
Wow., you partisan idiots really are brainwashed.

Wrong election dude

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: aidanjm
Was it really such a success? I've been reading the actual voter turnout was more like 30% - 40% as opposed to the 60-80% given on TV.

[remember]First election[/remember]

Yes it was a total success. Its not as low as 30% but nowhere near as high as 80%. In my mind even if 20% showed it still would have been a success. Democracy won, terrorist scum lost.

It doesn't matter who ends up in power. In fact Allawi may not be Prime Minister for long, but thats ok. Thats what democracy is all about. If they want a bit of a Islamic flavor in their constitution thats fine, we have some christian traditions by which this nation was founded and developed.

In a properly done first election, i would expect closer to 70% turnout. I bet a lot of eastern european countries were higher than that their first time. 20-30% is a poor figure, even figuring in the abstainers and violence.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Perhaps Bush will take some time off of his busy foreign policy schedule to work on the nation's daunting economic issues? Hello! We need a whole bunch more solid middle class jobs please. Will Bush do anything to save the nation's middle class from being merged into the impoverished labor markets of the third world (labor wage arbitrage)?

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: ntdz
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=14839

Guess the Iraq vote helped people change their opinion of the Iraq war, seeing as it was a huge success. Maybe Bush was right after all?

:roll: Bush was wrong after all and a 57% approval rating for a sample of 1000 adults does not make him right no matter how hard you wished it did. Polling report dot com shows other polls that still have him at or below 50%.

 

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: raildogg
lol I love how some of you people are outright dismissing his bump in approval ratings simply because they're in his favor and not in yours.

Remember a few weeks back when he had 50% approval you were all predicting doom and gloom for Bush?

Phonies.

Links?

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: conjur
FYI:

Clinton's final approval rating? 65%


Bush still has a long way to go.

everyones is high on thier way out, where was Clinton at this point in his 2nd term shoud be your comparison. Even Bush Sr was way up between the election and when he left.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Train

Originally posted by: conjur
FYI:

Clinton's final approval rating? 65%


Bush still has a long way to go.

everyones is high on thier way out, where was Clinton at this point in his 2nd term shoud be your comparison. Even Bush Sr was way up between the election and when he left.

Clinton was at 62% (the highest yet) just prior to his 2nd inauguration:
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/01/16/poll.clinton/

It was at 60% right after this 1997 SotU address
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/02/03/sotu.poll/

And at 62% on the same date Bush was hitting 57%
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/02/08/clinton.approval/