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President Bush Job Approval
Bush Approval Up a Point in August
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During the month of August, 34% of American adults said they approved of the way that George W. Bush performed his job as president. That’s up a point from a month ago and up two points from the all-time low reached in June.

Still, it’s the fifth straight month that Bush’s approval has been at or below the 34% level. Prior to that stretch, it had never been below 35%.

Sixty-three percent (63%) now disapprove, down two points from a month ago.

The August figures include 15% who Strongly Approve and 45% who Strongly Disapprove.

The president earns approval from 37% of men and 31% of women. He also gets positive reviews from 70% of Republicans, 11% of Democrats, and 32% of those not affiliated with either major party.

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During August, the number of people who considered themselves to be Republicans grew by two percentage points to the highest level since January.

Rasmussen Reports updates the President's Job Approval on a weekly basis based upon nightly telephone interviews with 500 adults. Weekly results include interviews with 3,500 adults. Full month results are based upon interviews with 15,000 adults. In any review of job approval data, the trends are more important than the precise number. Many factors, especially question wording, can impact the particular approval rating percentage.

Like all polling firms, Rasmussen Reports weights its data to reflect the population at large. Among other targets, Rasmussen Reports weights data by political party affiliation using a dynamic weighting process. Our baseline targets are established based upon survey interviews with a sample of adults nationwide completed during the preceding three months (a total of 45,000 interviews). For September, the targets are 39.7% Democrat, 32.1% Republican, and 28.2% unaffiliated (see party trends and analysis). For the month of August, the targets were 40.6% Democrat, 31.6% Republican, and 27.8% unaffiliated.

Rasmussen Reports is an electronic publishing firm specializing in the collection, publication, and distribution of public opinion polling information.

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Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, has been an independent pollster for more than a decade.


Bush Job Approval
October 2006 - Current

 

Approve

Disapprove

Aug 2008

34

63

Jul 2008

33

65

Jun 2008

32

65

May 2008

33

65

Apr 2008

34

63

Mar 2008

36

61

Feb 2008

37

60

Jan 2008

38

59

Dec

37

60

Nov

37

60

Oct

37

61

Sep

38

59

Aug

38

59

Jul

38

60

Jun

35

62

May

36

61

Apr

39

59

Mar

40

58

Feb

41

57

Jan 2007

41

57

Dates are release dates. Surveys conducted on preceding three nights.

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