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October 21, 2003
Death Knell for the Bush "Bounce"
Last week, DR commented skeptically on reports that Bush’s popularity was enjoying a bounce or rally. Those reports didn’t seem justified when one looked across the range of data available at the time–not just the one poll (Gallup) that did show Bush’s approval rating going up.
This week, additional data have come in that suggest the Bush bounce may have been no more than a blip in Gallup’s data. Zogby released a poll on October 20 that had Bush’s job performance rating at 49 percent positive/51 percent negative, down from 50 percent positive/49 percent negative on September 22-24.
The Winston Group, a Republican polling firm, released a poll for the Senate GOP conference, also on October 20, that had Bush’s job approval rating at 50 percent, down from 51 percent in their previous survey.
Even the Republican polls aren’t cooperating. R.I.P., Bush bounce.
Posted by Ruy Teixeira at 11:30 PM | link
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