At this rate Atrios may run out of ponies. Rasmussen: After three straight days at the lowest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports, President Bush’s Job Approval ratings slipped another point to another new low on Tuesday. Just 33% of American adults now Approve of the way that George W. Bush is performing his duties as President. Prior to this past week, the President’s ratings had never slipped below 35% and had only reached that level for a day or two at a time. Now, his Job Approval has been at the 35% level or below for six straight days. Continue reading Peak Pony On The Horizon

Chimpy’s job approval rating in the new Gallup poll is 33%, down one point from their previous poll (34%) and just one point higher than his all-time low in that poll (32%). Gallup measures Congress’ job approval rating at 29%, and I’m sure much will be made of that number in the media and on the right. However, it’s not very wise to compare the job approval rating of one individual to that of an entire branch of government. Apples and Oranges, my friends. More can be gained from a comparison of the job approval ratings of two individual leaders, … Continue reading Ponies Like Apples, Not Oranges

There’s a new AP-Ipsos Poll out. George Bush Job ApprovalApprove: 35%Disapprove 61% Nancy Pelosi Job ApprovalApprove: 45%Disapprove 41% When you break down Chimpy’s numbers they look even worse. Strongly approve 17%Somewhat 7%Lean toward approval 11%Still have mixed feelings %3Lean toward disapproval 11%Somewhat disapprove 6%Strongly disapprove 44%Not sure 1% Continue reading Stuck On Pony

Chimpy reached all-time low job approval ratings in both the WNBC/Marist poll and the NPR poll today. In the WNBC/Marist Poll [pdf] he was rated at 33% job approval: VOTERS RATE THE PRESIDENT: 61% of registered voters disapprove of the job President Bush is doing in office, and 33% approve. This marks the third consecutive Marist poll in which he has set a new all-time low (37% in Nov/Dec 2006 poll, 35% in Feb 2007 poll, 33% in Apr/May 2007 poll). In the NPR [again with the pdf?] poll he was rated at 37% This is also his third consecutive … Continue reading Double Pony Fantasy

Chimpy hits a new low in New Jersey: President Bush’s approval rating has reached a new low in New Jersey, with only 28 percent of Garden State voters approving of his job performance, according to a new poll released Wednesday. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found Bush’s approval rating has slipped 5 percentage points since March. “At this point, the president’s confrontation with the Democratic majority in Congress over a timetable to withdraw from Iraq has not worked in his favor,” said Peter J. Woolley, a political scientist who directs the poll. The poll found 65 percent disapprove of … Continue reading Home of The Stone Pony

New Harris Poll: Vice President Dick Cheney is not exactly popular. A recent Harris Poll reported that only 25 percent of the public gave him positive ratings while fully 68 percent rated him negatively. Here’s a prime set of responses to a simple question: Which of these do you think are good descriptions of Vice President Dick Cheney? Favors the rich over the middle classGood Description 56%Not Good Description 21%Not Sure 23% Too powerfulGood Description 38%Not Good Description 38%Not Sure 24% A strong managerGood Description 37%Not Good Description 36%Not Sure 28% A good personGood Description 36%Not Good Description 34%Not Sure … Continue reading Dick Cheney Shoots A Pony In The Face

There’s a new USA Today/Gallup Poll out today in whcih Chimpy’s job approval rating fell two points to 34% (while his disapproval rating rose to a staggering 63%). This marks his eight consecutive month with a sub-40% approval rating, the worst string of polls since Ricahrd Nixon and Harrry Truman, surpassing Jimmy Carter’s stretch of seven consecutive sub-40% months. Americans by nearly 2-1 disapprove of the job President Bush is doing, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. He scores a net disapproval rating in every area of the survey, including the economy and terrorism.His lowest ratings — 30% approval, … Continue reading It’s Official: Bush Is Less Popular Than Carter

Chimpy snags a 35% job approval rating in the latest Quinnipiac University Poll, one point over the all-time low he set in February. American voters disapprove 60 – 35 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing, and disapprove 64 – 31 percent of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq. Congress should set a time for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq, voters say 51 – 45 percent, with Democrats supporting a time for withdraw 74 – 21 percent, independent voters supporting it 54 – 42 percent and Republicans opposed 72 – 24 percent. Continue reading 35 In The Q

Folks who voted for Chimpy in 2004 are much less enthusiastic about their man than the people who voted for Clinton were with their choice. Fifty-eight percent of Mr. Bush’s voters say their feelings about the administration can best be described as satisfied but not enthusiastic. Nine percent said they are enthusiastic. But 26 percent said they were dissatisfied and 6 percent said they were angry, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll taken in March. When asked if they approve of the way Mr. Bush is doing his job, 66 percent said they approve while 21 percent said … Continue reading Buyer’s Remorse

The number people who will admit that they are Republikkkans hits an all-time low in the latest Rasmussen poll. The number of people identifying themselves as Republicans has fallen to a new low. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of 15,000 adults in April found that just 31.0% now say they belong to the Grand Old Party. That’s down from 31.5% the month before and reflects a drop of more than six percentage points from the peak of 37.3% during Election 2004. However, the survey also found a decline in the number identifying themselves as Democrats. Today, 36.5% say they … Continue reading How About A Pony For The GOP?

New Pew poll [pdf]: Bush Job Approval Approve: 35% (+2)Disapprove: 58% (-1) The Congress is now debating future funding for the war in Iraq. Would you like to see your Congressional representative vote FOR or AGAINST a bill that calls for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq to be completed by August of 2008? Vote for withdrawl: 59%Vote against withdrawl: 33% Do you think the U.S. should keep military troops in Iraq until the situation has stabilized, or do you think the U.S. should bring its troops home as soon as possible? Keep troops in Iraq: 41%Bring them home: 53% … Continue reading I’m All About The Ponies

CBS News/New York Times poll [pdf]: Bush Job Approval Approve: 32% (+1)Disapprove: 61% (unchanged) Should the US set a timetable for withdrawl from Iraq in 2008?Yes: 64%No: 32% Who should have the final say on Iraq troop levels?Bush: 35%Congress: 57% Continue reading I Loves Me Some Pony

Via watertiger and The Agonist we learn that Chimpy garnered a gut-wrenching 28% job approval rating in the latest Harris Interactive Poll. Twenty-eight percent — wow, that is the lowest rating he’s ever had in any poll, eclipsing the 29% rating he received in the same poll conducted after the Dubai Ports deal was disclosed last year. Continue reading All-Time Pony

From the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll: President Bush’s approval ratings remain near all-time lows: 60% of those polled disapprove of the job that Bush is doing in general, down only slightly from a 61% disapproval rating last December. Thirty-five percent of individuals surveyed approve of the job he’s doing and another 5% are unsure. A vast majority (74%) say the next president should take a different approach than Bush has. This makes the third consecutive NBC/WSJ poll (dating back to January) in which Chimpy’s job perofrmance rated 35% approval and 60% disapproval. Continue reading Stuck On Pony

Forget about the Red States, they are so over him. North Carolina: Fewer North Carolinians than ever approve of how President Bush is doing his job, including his handling of the economy and the Iraq war, according to a new poll from Elon University. The independent poll, released in part Friday, covered 476 adults across the state. Of them, only 36 percent expressed approval or strong approval of the president. Sixty-one percent said they disapprove or strongly disapprove. That’s the worst showing for Bush in the history of the poll, dipping below his previous worst of 41 percent approval in … Continue reading Paint My Pony Red

Chimpy’s job approval rating fell one point to 35% in the new ABC News/WaPo poll. Continue reading Stuck In The mid-30s

Chimpy’s job approval rating dropped two percentage points in the latest USA Today/Gallup poll, falling from 38% in the April 2-5 poll to 36% in the poll conducted April 13-15. Gallup is also flogging their new pollcomparing Hillary Clinton’s favorability rating to that of John Edwards and Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton FavorabilityFavorable 45%Unfavorable 52% Barack Obama FavorabilityFavorable 52%Unfavorable 27% John Edwards FavorabilityFavorable 52%Unfavorable 31% It’s odd that they don’t compare Hillary’s favorability rating to that of Dear Leader. Bush Favorability (2/9-2/11 poll, the latest available from Gallup)Favorable 44%Unfavorable 55% Continue reading Poh-Poh-Pony

Chimpy set a new all-time low in the LA Times/Bloomberg Poll(36%, this poll is notoriously generaous to the prez) as well as the new Time magazine poll (33%) while I was away. Continue reading Two All-Timers

We have two new polls out today. AP/IPSOS Poll: • Bush’s job approval rating was stuck at 35 percent [unchanged from last month].• The approval of his handling of the Iraq war was flat at 33 percent.• About 70 percent of Americans felt the country is on the wrong track.• 40 percent approved of the Democrats’ approach. But the overall approval for Congress, which Democrats control, climbed 7 percentage points from last month, to a 12-month high of 40 percent. Diageo/Hotline Poll: [pdf] Bush’s job approval rating is 35%, down one point from last month, ties an all-time low. Continue reading Double Your Ponies

Chimpy’s job approval rating plumbs new depthsin California. California voters’ approval of President Bush — now engaged in a war of words with Democratic congressional leadership over funding and American troop withdrawals in Iraq — has disintegrated to the lowest levels since he took office, according to a Field Poll released today. [snip] Just 26 percent of California voters surveyed by the Field Poll approved of the president’s performance in office — nearly reaching the record low 24 percent approval rating of former President Richard Nixon in August 1974, just before his resignation over the Watergate scandal. The poll showed … Continue reading I’ll Take A Mellow Pony

Chimpy set a new all-time low job approval rating in the latest Time Magazine Poll [pdf]: 32%! And what about Dick Cheney, you ask? His job aproval rating in the same poll is 28%. HA! Continue reading Make Mine A Pony!

Chimpy ties his all-time low job approval rating in the latest Newsweek poll, coming in at a flacid 30%.  Don’t tell David Broder. Continue reading 30% Baby!

From the latest Gallup Poll: Bush Job Approval – 35% (up from 32%) Cheney Job Approval – 34% (down from 40%) Pardon Libby No 67%Yes 21% (and only 34% of Republikkkans think Libby should be pardoned) Continue reading Pardon My Ponies

Holy Jesus! Chimpy’s job approval rating jumped five whole points in the latest NYTimes/CBS News poll! Could we be witnessing the fabled Broder Bounce? Among Republicans, 75 percent approve of his job performance, and by overwhelming numbers they approve of his handling of foreign policy, the war in Iraq and the management of the economy. Propelled by this Republican support, the poll registered an increase in the percentage of Americans who say they approve of Mr. Bush’s performance; it has increased to 34 percent now from 29 percent last month. But wait, what’s this fine print here? The poll, which … Continue reading NYTimes/CBS News In The Bag For The Bushboy

Chimpy’s job approval rating remained mired at 35% in the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, the same number that he had in their previous poll (conducted in January) and a scant one point higher than his all-time low for that poll. Also of note, the public’s opinion of the economy is souring. Asked about furture economic conditions, respondents said: Economy will get better – 16% (down from 21% in the previous poll) Economy will get worse – 31% (up from 16% in the previous poll) Economy stay the same – 49% (down from 60% in the previous poll) Continue reading Paging David Broder

The new Zogby Pollhas Chimpy’s job approval rating at 30%, matching his all-time low in that poll. While USA Today/Gallup has him at 33%. Continue reading Let’s Rub It In Broder’s Face

Chimpy is bouncing all over the latest Newsweek poll. President Bush, meanwhile, remains stuck in the gutter—receiving a 31 percent approval rating, up just 1 point from his all-time low last month and still 2 points below Vice President Dick Cheney. I don’t quite get that last statement about Cheney. The full poll results have him at 41% job approval, but that can’t be right. Must be a typo. Meanwhile, only the truly crazy base remains. Bush’s overall approval rating has plummeted from a record 90 percent in September 2001 to the mid-30s, according to the Gallup Poll, and to … Continue reading Somebody Wake David Broder

Chimpy’s job approval fell to 34% in the latest Fox News poll [PDF], a scant one point above his all-time low in that poll. Continue reading Is This What David Broder Was Talking About?

Chimpy scores a 26% approval ratingin New Jersey. New Jersey voters disapprove 70 – 26 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing, tying his lowest score ever in the Garden State. By a 71 – 23 percent margin, voters say the country is on the wrong track. Voters disapprove 75 – 22 percent of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq and say 64 – 32 percent that going to war in Iraq was the wrong thing to do. Voters oppose 69 – 28 percent the President’s plan to send 22,000 more U.S. military forces into … Continue reading Rejected By The Garden State

An intriguing poll of our Southern brethren. The Iraq war is the most important issue facing the United States, according to 45 percent of the 719 residents of Florida, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas who were surveyed this week. The response was especially telling because it was an open-ended query made at the beginning of the poll, before surveyors mentioned Iraq or any other issue, Bacot said. “It’s just off the top of their heads,” he added. The related issue of terrorism and security came in second, cited by 12 percent of respondents. The economy came in third, at 8 … Continue reading Southerners Dump Bush