Bush Approval Numbers On The Rise Again
Monday October 31, 2005--Forty-five percent (45%) of American adults now approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. That's up five points since Harriet Miers withdrew from consideration as a Supreme Court nominee. It's also the President's highest level of Approval in two weeks.
Overall, 54% of Americans Disapprove of the President's performance including 39% strongly disapprove.
The President's Approval rating is at 78% among Republicans, 18% among Democrats, and 35% among those not affiliated with either major party.
Before the past two weeks, the President's Approval Rating had never dipped below 43% in a Rasmussen Reports poll. It fell to 42% for the first time a week ago Friday, to 41% for the first time this past Wednesday, and to 40% for the first time on Friday.
As always I'm hesitant to put much faith in approval polls so take this one with a grain of salt, but there are two things things here worth mentioning:
- The President's approval numbers are going back up after the Miers nomination. That certainly doesn't play into the "President Bush's administration is crumbling" story the media has been trying to push since last week.
- Now that the President's numbers are on the way back up will the media cover it endlessly like they did when they were going down? Somehow, I doubt it.













