Bush's approval rating among Minnesotans dropped 9 pts since January

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I missed this article from Saturday.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5403232.html

Minnesota Poll: Bush's job rating drops to a low
Rob Hotakainen and Paul Sand, Star Tribune Washington Bureau Correspondent

May 14, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With a rising number of Minnesotans unhappy about the nation's direction, President Bush's job-approval rating in the state hit an all-time low of 42 percent last week, according to the latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.

It's the lowest job-approval rating for a president in the Minnesota Poll in more than 12 years.

The poll found Minnesotans in a sour mood about the direction of the country:

Fifty-five percent said the country has gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track, a 6 percentage point increase in four months.

Overall, the president's job-approval rating in Minnesota has declined by 9 points since January, the last time it was measured by the poll.

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Bush's approval dropped most sharply among the newly enlightened: men, young adults and those with a high school education or less.

In the metro area, Bush's approval rating dropped like a rock to 40 percent, an eight-point drop.

Even Bush's approval rating among conservatives fell from 74 percent to 66 percent.

The only president to receive poorer ratings was Poppy, who received a 32 percent job-approval rating a month before he lost to Bill Clinton in '92.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Well, your neighbors to the south found out the same thing in April.

Bush's ratings: New Iowa low

The president's work on Social Security and the federal budget hurt his marks the most, a poll shows.

By JONATHAN ROOS and JANE NORMAN
REGISTER STAFF WRITERS
Copyright 2005, Des Moines Register and Tribune Company
April 17, 2005
President Bush's job approval ratings in Iowa are sagging like never before, with Iowans particularly critical of his drive to change Social Security and his handling of the federal budget.

A new Iowa Poll, conducted for The Des Moines Register, shows that 42 percent of the state's adults approve of the job that Bush is doing as president, while 53 percent disapprove and 5 percent are undecided.

The poll, taken last week, has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

Bush's current 42 percent approval mark among Iowans is the lowest of his presidency and half of what his approval rating was in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050417/NEWS09/504170341/1001

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2. Haha, an outpouring of discontent!

I hope the trend continues.

[Inland]

3. You are just copying Illinois again. Dropped here first!

Illinois still sour on Bush
Social Security plan, Iraq war eroding core support in state

By Mark Silva
Washington Bureau
Published May 16, 2005


WASHINGTON -- President Bush's handling of the economy and sagging support for the war in Iraq have caused his support to erode further in Illinois since last fall, when he won re-election but lost the state to his Democratic rival by a wide margin.

Approval of the president's overall performance--41 percent in a statewide Tribune/WGN-TV poll--has slipped even in Chicago's collar counties and Downstate, which were once more likely to back Bush. A similar poll last October showed Bush's job approval rating at 45 percent.

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4. So what? What does he care? He has the White House for almost

four years, and has the majority in Congress for at least 19 more months..

And this was my reaction when I read the story last Saturday, and every time someone reports about the drop in his approval rate.

[Nobody]

5. My favorite quote

Was from a 20 year old woman who was quoted for her reaction. She thinks that Bush is doing a poor job of running the country but because of his stand on gay marriage, she strongly supports him. Why is she against gay marriage? Because the first two humans in the Garden of Eden were a heterosexual couple.

I laughed out loud at that because:

1) John Kerry was also against gays marrying. (did this woman vote for him, they seemed to agree on everything, including this issue?)

2) The Bible is not the basis for US law.

3) It doesn't matter if the country goes straight down the toilet into the cesspool and past that to a sewage backup in China. Just so those gays don't marry.

Let me reiterate this yet another time: There is NOT ONE SINGLE Constitutional reason why people of the same sex should be denied the right to publicly declare their committment to each other and be afforded all the rights of marriage. And yes, that includes calling it a marriage. Marriage is NOT a solely religious institution, otherwise atheists would also be fighting for the right to marry.

Oh George, let me see you in my office. HR wants to talk to you. Your temporary position will not be going perm any time soon. We regret that we extended your contract and we're now looking into firing you.

on edit: fixed grammar mistakes. I need more coffee.