PollingReport.com 10/8 update: Bush, 53% "disapprove" job rating

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm

Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. Oct. 4-6, 2004. N=944 likely voters nationwide. MoE ± 3. (Data from 11/03 and earlier co-sponsored by Cook Political Report.)

"Overall, do you approve, disapprove or have mixed feelings about the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?" If "mixed feelings" or not sure: "If you had to choose, do you lean more toward approve or disapprove?"

46% Approve
53% Disapprove
1% Mixed Feelings

University of Pennsylvania National Annenberg Election Survey. Oct. 1-6, 2004. N=1,868 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 2. Interviewing conducted by Schulman, Ronca, Bucuvalas, Inc.

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?"

51% Approve
47% Disapprove
2% Mixed Feelings

[Awsi Dooger]

1. That is the definition of borderline

46% sounded great until I saw that 51% alongside. If you assume the actual number is in the middle, it really is a coin flip election at this point.