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Bush`s popularity sliding in US: Poll
United Nations, Oct 03: With the American army bogged down in Iraq, unemployment rising and economy failing to pick up, the public confidence in President George W Bush`s ability to deal effectively with both foreign and domestic problems is plummeting, a new opinion poll shows.
United Nations, Oct 03: With the American army
bogged down in Iraq, unemployment rising and economy
failing to pick up, the public confidence in President
George W Bush's ability to deal effectively with both foreign
and domestic problems is plummeting, a new opinion poll
shows.
Bush’s popularity has been sliding over the past five
years and now a clear majority is uneasy about his ability
to make the right decisions on the nation's economy, a New York
Times/CBS poll has revealed.
Thirteen months before the 2004 election, a solid
majority of Americans say the country is seriously on the
wrong track, a classic danger sign for incumbents, and only
about half the Americans approve of Bush's overall
performance. That is roughly the same as when Bush took
office after the razor-close 2000 election.
But more than 6 in 10 Americans still say the
President has strong qualities of leadership, more than 5
in 10 say he has more honesty and integrity than most
people in public life and 6 in 10 credit him with making
the country safer from terrorist attack.
By contrast, the Democratic presidential contenders
remain largely unknown, and nearly half of Americans, and
a like number of registered voters, say the Democrats have
no clear plan of their own for the country.
Bureau Report
Bureau Report