This article and poll demonstrates how radically far left the people on this thread who despise Bush are. It's actually quite astonishing to think SI is full of such extreme partisan hate filled leftists.
Explains a lot of things though....
W Soars in Poll,
Gov Cashes In
Prez ratings boost Pataki hopes
nydailynews.com.
By JOE MAHONEY
Daily News Albany Bureau Chief
ALBANY
When Democrat Al Gore romped over Republican George W. Bush in New York's 2000 presidential election by more than 1 million votes, Gov. Pataki had reason to worry as he looked toward a third term.
Now, President Bush, flying high in a new statewide poll, can no longer be viewed as the Republican governor's Achilles' heel.
Bush's job approval rating among New Yorkers stands at 80%, the Quinnipiac University poll found.
In New York City, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1, Bush scored a 73% approval rating.
The President was most popular in the suburbs, where 86% of voters said they liked the job he's doing.
Pataki Fund-Raiser
Quinnipiac pollster Maurice Carroll said Bush's popularity, sparked by his performance since Sept. 11, can only help Pataki, who faces a challenge this year from one of two Democrats — state Controller Carl McCall or former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
"Now you have Bush coming to New York to do a fund-raiser for Pataki at the home of Mayor Bloomberg," Carroll said. "It's a trifecta."
In April, Bush's job approval rating in New York was 50%.
"President Bush stood with New York at the earliest moments at a time of great crisis, and all New Yorkers certainly appreciate it," said Pataki spokesman Mike McKeon.
Slow Economy
But Democratic strategists said that Bush's popularity inevitably will begin to erode — a casualty of the slow economy — and Pataki's fortunes will fall off as well.
The governor's job approval rating hit 70% in a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. He also held a more than 2-to-1 lead over Cuomo and McCall.
The latest poll of 893 registered voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
How New Yorkers Rate the President
Quinnipiac poll of President Bush’s job approval rating in New York State:
STRONG in the city, at .......... 73%
STRONGER upstate, at ............ 83%
STRONGEST in suburbs, at ......... 86%
OVERALL statewide ............ 80% |
