Expect to hear about this poll's results pretty much ever time Bush is mentioned in the media for the next several weeks. Of course, every time you hear about it you should also remember that this poll oversampled Democrats so badly that its results are all but useless.
From the specifics on the poll:
Total Respondents 1018
Total Republicans 272
Total Democrats 409
Total Independents 337
Democrats make up just over 40% of respondents to this poll. Republicans made up just under 27%.
In the last election 51% of voters cast their ballots for the Republican presidential candidate. Republicans hold a majority in both houses of Congress in Washington D.C., a majority of the governorships among the various states and control a majority of the state legislatures. And even putting all that aside, honest observers of the American political scene would have to admit that the two major political parties are fairly close to parity right now, with Republicans holding a slight edge.
Given those facts, I have a hard time believing that a poll where only 27% of respondents identified them as Republican can be even remotely representative of the overall feelings of voters in this nation.
But again, that won't stop the media from beating us all over the head with this very low number for the next couple of weeks.