Here's the results on a couple recent polls:
Associated Press
Polls suggest public has doubts about Bush economic policies, though he remains popular overall
Tuesday January 7, 11:30 pm ET
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -- President George W. Bush has not yet convinced the U.S. public that his economic policies and tax cuts are fair to all Americans, two new polls suggest.
Nearly six in 10, 59 percent, said Bush's economic policies favor the rich, while 11 percent said the middle class, 2 percent said the poor and 23 percent said the policies treat all people the same, according to a CBS News poll released Tuesday. Fifty percent said that Bush's tax cut proposals favor the wealthy, just over a third said it favors the wealthy and those less well off equally and 4 percent said they favor the less well off, according to an ABC News poll.
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Bush's job approval ratings have remained in the low 60s, supported largely by public approval of his handling of the campaign against terror.
Public approval of his handling of the economy has dipped to half, with 43 percent disapproving in the ABC poll. That's the lowest approval he's gotten on the economy since just before Sept. 11, 2001, when people were evenly split on his handling of the economy. Almost six in 10, 56 percent, in the CBS poll said they approve of the way Bush is handling foreign policy.
In the CBS poll, four in 10 said the economy is good, while six in 10 said it is bad.
People said jobs are the highest priority for Congress as it comes back into session, followed by health care and then tax cuts. Half said the economy was the most important issue for Congress to deal with, while a fourth said the war on terror and a fourth said Iraq.
The CBS poll of 902 adults was taken Jan. 4-6 and the ABC poll of 1,044 adults was taken Jan. 2-5. Both had error margins of plus or minus 3 percentage points |
