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Zogby: Bush Approval Rating at 40%
Americans marked President's Day by giving President George W. Bush a 40 percent approval rating, a new nationwide Zogby International telephone poll shows. In this latest poll, conducted Feb. 15-18, Bush shows weakness among the demographic groups that have comprised the heart of his political base over the past five years, according to Pollster John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International. Bush performs best in the South, where 45 percent give him a positive rating, and the West, where 43 percent approve of his work. In the Central and Great Lakes region, he wins approval from 39 percent, while just 34 percent in the East give him passing marks. Asked which two issues were the most important facing the nation right now, respondents said the war in Iraq and the war on terror were tops, with jobs and the economy considered the third-most important. Health-care issues rated a distant fourth place.
While Democrats and Republicans agreed that Iraq and terrorism were the two most important issues, they differed dramatically on which of the two issues was most important.
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Democrats said the Iraq war is clearly the most important matter facing the nation, while Republicans instead believe the war on terrorism was the most pressing concern. Just 37 percent said Bush was doing an "excellent” or "good” job managing the war in Iraq, while 44 percent said he was doing well managing the broader war on terror. Slightly more than one in every three – 35 percent – said Bush was doing a good job handling foreign policy in general.
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