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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Bush Approval Stays the Same
The new Westhill/Hotline poll is available, with some interesting information.
Half of voters remain favorable toward President Bush (50% from 49% last month), while 47% are unfavorable. Approval of Bush’s handling of the Presidency (49%) remains higher than approval of his handling the situation in Iraq (41%) or the economy (39%). There was no significant change in approval ratings from the May poll.The poll has quite a bit more information -- on Hillary v. Condi, terrorism, and more -- so I highly recommend you check it out for a minute or two.
There was no significant change from last month in political Party favorability, with 49% having a favorable opinion of Democratic Party and 45% having a favorable view of the Republican Party.
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Voters are unsure of whom they would rather see in control of Congress: 34% say Democrats, 30% say Republicans, and 24% say “neither.” This month, more voters say “neither” would they rather see in control, up from 14% in May. Republicans and Democrats have near opposite stances, with 72% of Republicans saying the U.S. would be better off with a Republican controlled Congress and 71% of Democrats saying the U.S. would be better off with their own Party in control. Twice as many Independents side with Democratic control (28%) than Republican control (14%), however, the plurality (41%) of Independents say “neither.”
Voters are similarly ambiguous about their political preferences in Congress when asked whom they will vote for in the next Congressional election. Slightly more say they will vote for the Democratic candidate (39%) than the Republican candidate (33%).
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