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

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (720072)	12/29/2005 4:56:37 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

Re: "neither party is viewed all that favorably...." Exactly (and, IMO, appropriately.... :) "Gallup asked respondents to "please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Republican party," and then asked the same question about Democrats." Results: GOP --- 45 percent have a favorable opinion, 48 percent have an unfavorable opinion... (with seven percent having no opinion). A negative 3 point spread. [The 45 percent favorable number is up five points from October, while the 48 percent unfavorable is down two points from October... However the favorable number is down significantly from the 56 percent favorable posted in February.] Democrat --- 46 percent have a favorable opinion, while 45 percent have an unfavorable opinion... (and nine percent have no opinion). A positive 1 point spread. [The 46 percent favorable number is down six points from October, while the 45 percent unfavorable is up nine points from the same time. Also, the 46 percent favorable figure is down six points from the party's favorable rating in February.] It would appear that BOTH Parties are fairly unpopular with the public, with 'negatives' at or greater then their 'positives', and with the Republicans posting marginally greater negatives (as traditionally befits a Party in power when the public becomes unhappy....)