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Originally posted by DavePlays
Accept it - about half the people in the US hate Bush, but the other half love him. No one gives a shit what you or any of us think. You're after attention, you watch TV and think you know something that matters more than the rest of us.
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Bush loses voter approval: poll
From correspondents in Washington
April 10, 2004
SUPPORT for the Bush administration's handling of Iraq is eroding, with only 44 per cent of Americans approving of the situation, according to a CNN/Time poll.
The poll also found President George W. Bush's own approval rating had sunk to a record low of 49 per cent since CNN/Time started polling in the earliest days of the Bush presidency in 2001.
The survey found 44 per cent of those canvassed approved of Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq, where new unrest has caused fresh US casualties in the past week.
That was down from 51 per cent approval in a poll held from March 26 to 28.
Just over half the respondents, 51 per cent, disapproved of the president's management of Iraq, according to the new poll which was conducted on April 8.
Overall, 47 per cent said they disapproved of the way Bush was handling his job as president.
However, public perception of Bush as a strong fighter of terrorism remained robust.
A majority of 55 per cent backed Bush in that regard against 39 per cent who disapproved.
On the economy - which consistently ranks amongst the public's highest concerns - a minority of 41 per cent expressed satisfation with Bush, while 54 per cent disapproved of his economic management of the country.
The telephone poll canvassed 1005 adults. The margin of error was three per cent.
Agence France-Presse