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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (165465)	7/28/2001 1:00:30 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

POLL ANALYSES July 25, 2001 Public Disagrees with Bush on Kyoto, But Thinks He Represents U.S. Well Fifty-one percent disapprove of his decision to withdraw support from multinational global warming treaty by Jeffrey M. Jones GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- Yesterday, President Bush concluded his weeklong trip to Europe, which included meetings with other national leaders and a visit with Pope John Paul II. As he returns to the United States, a new Gallup poll shows that 56% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, a number similar to his previous ratings. In general, Americans say Bush does a good job representing America to the world, but the public is divided in their thinking on whether foreign leaders respect Bush. Bush used the trip to discuss global warming and missile defense with leaders of other developed nations, and to discuss stem cell research with Pope John Paul II. Gallup poll research shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the Bush administration’s decision to withdraw its support from the multinational global warming treaty agreed to in 1997 at Kyoto, Japan. A majority of Americans do not have an opinion on stem cell research, but among those who express an opinion, more favor it than oppose it. Similarly, many Americans do not have a firm opinion on missile defense, but 41% favor spending the money necessary to build one. Job Approval Rating Remains Steady The latest poll, conducted July 19-22 while Bush was in Europe, shows no change in Bush’s overall job approval rating. Currently, 56% approve of the job he is doing as president while 33% disapprove and 11% have no opinion. Bush’s approval rating has ranged between 52% and 57% since the beginning of May, following his high point of 62% in April during the spy plane incident with China. Bush’s early term average rating is comparable to Ronald Reagan’s, but lower than the elder George Bush’s and higher than Bill Clinton’s. A majority of Americans, 58%, say Bush does a good job representing America to the world, while 36% think he does not. At a similar point in his presidency, 61% thought Clinton did a good job. Opinions on how well Bush represents the United States are highly partisan -- 87% of Republicans think he does a good job, as do 56% of independents and just 32% of Democrats. Despite the fact that most Americans feel Bush represents the country well, the public is divided as to whether they believe foreign leaders respect Bush -- 45% think they do and 47% say they do not. Gallup measured this sentiment on two previous occasions, with differing results, suggesting the public does not have very firm opinions on this matter. In February, at the beginning of his presidency, 49% thought foreign leaders respected Bush, 38% did not, and 13% had no opinion. By June, opinion had shifted, only 40% thought foreign leaders respected Bush and a plurality, 46%, thought Bush was not respected. When the same question was asked about Clinton in 1994 and 2000, on both occasions a majority of Americans thought foreign leaders did not respect him. gallup.com