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A new Gallup Poll has President Bush with a job approval rating of 55%. Only 42% do not approve of his performance. 60% of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Commander-in-Chief. 39% have an unfavorable opinion.
So as you can see, President Bush is going into his second term a popular President with political capital to spend and more to accumulate.
Actually, although what you are saying is correct, I don't think it is correct to equate the election results or this poll with a "mandate" or that the country is in the midst of a love-in with Bush. Going beyond the broad numbers, issue-based polling shows that even though Bush won and his approval numbers are up, the country overall is not necessarily enamored with Bush's policies:
Americans Show Clear Concerns on Bush Agenda
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JANET ELDER
Published: November 23, 2004
After enduring a brutally fought election campaign, Americans are optimistic about the next four years under President Bush, but have reservations about central elements of the second-term agenda he presented in defeating Senator John Kerry, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.
At a time when the White House has portrayed Mr. Bush's 3.5-million-vote victory as a mandate, the poll found that Americans are at best ambivalent about Mr. Bush's plans to reshape Social Security, rewrite the tax code, cut taxes and appoint conservative judges to the bench. There is continuing disapproval of Mr. Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, with a plurality now saying it was a mistake to invade in the first place.
While Democrats, not surprisingly, were the staunchest opponents of many elements of Mr. Bush's second-term agenda, the concerns extended across party lines in some cases. Nearly two-thirds of all respondents - including 51 percent of Republicans - said it was more important to reduce deficits than to cut taxes, a central element of Mr. Bush's economic agenda.
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And even after this tense and vituperative campaign, 56 percent said they were generally optimistic about the next four years under Mr. Bush. Mr. Bush's job approval rating has now inched up to 51 percent, the highest it has been since March.
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The poll reflected the electoral feat of the Bush campaign this year. He won despite the fact that Americans disapproved of his handling of the economy, foreign affairs and the war in Iraq. There has been a slight increase in the number of Americans who believe the nation should never have gone into Iraq. A majority of Americans continue to believe the country is going in the wrong direction, traditionally a warning sign for an incumbent.
Across the board, the poll suggested that the outcome of the election reflected a determination by Americans that they trusted Mr. Bush more to protect them against future terrorist attacks - and that they liked him more than Mr. Kerry - rather than any kind of broad affirmation of his policies. As such, the result was reminiscent of the state of play Ronald Reagan found in 1980, when he defeated President Jimmy Carter.
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By 48 percent to 40 percent, respondents said they believed four more years of a Bush presidency would divide the nation more than it would unite it.
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Finally, in one bit of presumably good news for a party that is looking for it, Americans now have a better opinion of the Democratic Party than of the Republican Party: 54 percent said they had a favorable view of Democrats, compared with 39 percent with an unfavorable view. By contrast, 49 percent have a favorable view of Republicans, compared with 46 percent holding an unfavorable one.
You rely upon a story from the ever-liberal CNN to support your position, but when a contrary story from another media source is offered to rebut it, you cry "LIBERAL MEDIA!! LIBERAL MEDIA!!" and never bother to address the substantive points.
Hey toasty, I wouldn't wipe my as with the NYT. They openly endorsed Kerry and did everything they could to discredit Bush every single day he was in office for the first 4 years. They have been discredited ad nauseum.
hey krauthead, at least he gives a shit about us. he is taking a beating for doing the right thing in his mind. its better than what the spanish leader did by pulling out his troops after the bombings rather than going out and trying to prevent another one. im with jenks , if you dont like him, ignore him , he doesnt affect you unless you live here. except for the fact that buy most of the exports and give more foreign aid than anyone else.
your life is an occasion, rise to it.
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Dude, the election is over and the polls don't matter for shit now. It doesn't matter if Bush has a job approval rating of 95% or 5%...he's going to do whatever he can do. The polls don't matter for what he is or isn't going to get done (unless he decides to support the Istook Amendment).
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