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Poll: Bush job approval hits new low
PHOENIX (AP) - President Bush's job approval ratings are hitting the
lowest levels of his tenure as problems in Iraq crowd out other issues
for voters, public opinion specialists say. A Newsweek poll released
Saturday put Bush's overall job approval at 42%, the lowest yet in
that poll. Other recent survey have rated Bush in the mid-40s.
"Iraq is sucking the life out of other issue deliberations among the
voters in the campaign," said political scientist Douglas Strand of
the University of California-Berkeley.
Strand and Merrill Shanks, also a political scientist at the school,
have conducted public opinion research on how various issues are
affecting the campaign.
They found Iraq has had a more dominant effect on the campaign since
April 1. Gay marriage and other domestic issues have faded from
voters' concerns as problems mount in Iraq, Strand said.
April was the bloodiest month for Americans in Iraq and the prisoner
abuse scandal has put the Bush administration on the defensive.
The researchers talked about their findings Saturday during the
meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
Bush's approval on how he has handled Iraq has dipped to 35% in the
Newsweek poll, compared with 44% in April. Some 57% of respondents
said they disapprove.
Despite the doubts about the president's Iraq policy, Bush and his
rival, Democrat John Kerry, are essentially tied in a two-way matchup
- Kerry at 46% and Bush at 45%. They are also tied when independent
Ralph Nader is included in the race.
The poll of 1,010 adults, including 832 registered voters, was taken
Thursday and Friday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or
minus 3 percentage points.
"People aren't running out of the Bush column, but his support is
softening up," said Larry Hugick, who directed the Newsweek poll for
Princeton Survey Research Associates.
He noted that strong support for Bush has dropped in the past month
and Bush and Kerry now have about equal amounts of strong supporters.
"Before people are going to jump over to Kerry, they begin to express
doubts about Bush," Hugick said. "I think that's what we're seeing."
Researchers say that another reason Kerry has not pulled ahead of Bush
in most polls is that voters still have a relatively unformed view of
the Democrat.
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