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

To: haqihana who wrote (166139)	7/30/2001 8:57:36 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Hot news tonight......Released: July 30, 2001 Bush receives net negative job performance rating; Voters with more confidence in Bush barely outnumber those with less confidence; Less than a majority says U.S. headed in right direction, New Zogby America Poll reveals For the first time in his presidency, George W. Bush receives a net negative job performance rating from U.S. likely voters, a new Zogby America poll reveals. The poll, conducted of 1006 likely voters nationwide between July 26-29, shows voters giving Bush a 47% positive, 51% negative job performance rating. In June, voters gave Bush a 51% positive, 48% negative job performance rating. The poll has a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.2%. While Bush receives an 80% positive, 17% negative job performance rating from Republicans, he receives a 19% positive, 78% negative rating from Democrats, and a 44% positive, 54% negative rating from Independents. Overall personal opinion of Bush 57% favorable, 36% unfavorable. In June Bush received a 60% favorable, 36% unfavorable rating. Poll results also show that less than a majority (48%) believe the U.S. is headed in the right direction, compared to 39% who say the U.S. is headed down the wrong track. Another 13% are not sure. While a majority of respondents (56%) say they have the same confidence today in Bush's ability to lead the country as they had before he became president, another 23% say they have more confidence now than before he became president, and 20% say they have less confidence. Results show that majorities of Democrats (57%), Republicans (55%) and Independents (58%) say their confidence in Bush is about the same today as before he became president, while more than one in four Democrats (28%) and Independents (26%) express less confidence in the president. In other Zogby America results, a majority of respondents (52%) believe stem research is an important step forward in finding a cure or treatment for illnesses such as Parkinson's Disease and Muscular Sclerosis. At the same time, 30% say another way must be found to research such diseases because using stem cells will take the lives of innocent unborn children. Pollster John Zogby: "I guess the President's strategy by shoring up his Republican base has worked. But where does he go from here? Independents have turned away, as have some parents, suburbanites and moderates. Time to regroup here?"