November 11, 2007

Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for George W. Bush remains low in the United States, according to a review of six recent public opinion polls. In surveys by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN and the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion for WNBC, 34 per cent of respondents approve of the American president’s performance.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for George W. Bush remains low in the United States, according to a review of six recent public opinion polls. In surveys by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN and the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion for WNBC, 34 per cent of respondents approve of the American president’s performance.

Bush’s rating stands at 33 per cent in a study by TNS for the Washington Post and ABC News, 32 per cent in a poll by Ipsos-Public Affairs for the Associated Press, and 31 per cent in surveys by Hart/McInturff for the Wall Street Journal and NBC News, and Gallup for USA Today.

Bush—a Republican—earned a second four-year term in the November 2004 presidential election. The U.S. president’s approval rating has not surpassed the 40 per cent mark in a national survey since December 2006.

Yesterday in his weekly radio address, Bush called on Congressional leaders to pass "a clean Veterans Affairs appropriations bill," adding, "I urged Congress to pass this bill by Veterans Day—and they still have failed to send me this vital legislation. The time to act is running out. There are now just four days left on the legislative calendar before Congress leaves town for their Thanksgiving break. The best way members of Congress can give thanks to our veterans is to send me a clean bill that I can sign into law."

Polling Data

a) Do you approve or disapprove of George W. Bush’s performance as president?

	Nov. 4	Sept. 12	Sept. 9	Aug. 8
Approve	34%	36%	36%	36%
Disapprove	65%	61%	61%	61%

Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,024 American adults, conducted from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

b) Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?

	Nov. 2007	May 2007	Feb. 2007	Dec. 2006
Approve	34%	33%	35%	37%
Disapprove	58%	61%	58%	56%

Source: Marist College Institute for Public Opinion / WNBC
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,102 American adults, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

c) Do you approve or disapprove of George W. Bush’s performance as president?

	Nov. 1	Sept. 30	Sept. 7	Jul. 21
Approve	33%	33%	33%	33%
Disapprove	64%	64%	64%	65%

Source: TNS / Washington Post / ABC News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,131 American adults, conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

d) Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Nov. 7	Oct. 3	Sept. 12	Aug. 8
Approve	32%	31%	33%	35%
Disapprove	65%	66%	64%	62%
Mixed feelings	3%	2%	2%	2%

Source: Ipsos-Public Affairs / Associated Press
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,005 American adults, conducted from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

e) In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing as president?

	Nov. 5	Sept. 10	Jul. 30	Jun. 11
Approve	31%	33%	31%	29%
Disapprove	63%	61%	63%	66%

Source: Hart/McInturff / The Wall Street Journal / NBC News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,509 American adults, conducted from Nov. 1 to Nov. 5, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.

f) Do you approve or disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Nov. 4	Oct. 14	Oct. 7	Sept. 8
Approve	31%	32%	32%	33%
Disapprove	64%	64%	64%	62%

Source: Gallup / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,024 American adults, conducted from Nov. 1 to Nov. 4, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.