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Poll Results
- Trend of Bush's approval ratings, 2001–2004
- Public Faults Bush on Economy - 55% Say Jobs are Scarce
Pew Research Center, 12 August 2004
- Poll: Bush Ratings Continue Slide
CBS News, 24 May 2004
- Bush's ratings slip at crucial point of campaign
Susan Page, USA Today, 6 May 2004
- Poll: Bush Credibility Takes Hit
CBS News, 2 April 2004
- Poll: Bush's Approval Sinking
CBS News, 17 January 2004
- Bush support slips amid terror attacks
Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 27 October 2003
- Zogby poll has Bush job performance rating at 45%
Zogby, 6 September 2003
- Support for Bush's re-election falls below 50 percent
Keating Holland,CNN, 28 February 2003
- Bush's Backing Shows Steady Decline
Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder, New York Times, 24 January 2003
- Bush, the Polls & 2004
Sam Parry, Consortium News, 11 September 2002
- Poll Finds Unease on Terror Fight and Concerns About War on Iraq
Adam Clymer and Janet Elder, New York Times, 8 September 2002
- Bush support slips
Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 26 July 2002
- A majority of Americans do not agree pro-Israeli hawks
Jim Lobe, AlterNet, 13 May 2002
- Poll: USA leans Democratic for Congress
Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 9 April 2002
- Bush job performance lowest since before 9/11
Zogby, 14 February 2002
- Voters View G.O.P. as Closer to Enron Fall Than Democrats; Believe Bush Is Hiding Something
Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder, New York Times, 27 January 2002
- Will Bush Bring the Party With Him?
Andrew Kohut, New York Times, 13 January 2002
- Support for Bush's War Policy Doesn't Extend to Domestic Policies
Dana Blanton, Fox News, 11 January 2002
- As Public Learns More About Anti-Terrorism Orders, Support Wanes
Robin Toner and Janet Elder, New York Times, 12 December 2001
- Surveys Find European Public Critical of Bush Policies
Adam Clymer, New York Times, 16 August 2001
- Europeans Critical of U.S. Foreign Policy, Poll Finds
Adam Clymer, New York Times, 15 August 2001
- Bush approval rating down 10 points since April
Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 2 July 2001
- Bush Loses Favor, Poll Says, Despite Tax Cut and Trip
Richard L. Berke and Janet Elder, New York Times, June 2001
- Power crisis blamed for Bush's 42% approval rating in California
Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2001
- Poll shows half of Americans doubt Bush's trustworthiness
Jane Martinson, The Guardian, 28 May 2001
- Public split on Bush's handling of pressing problems
CNN, 25 May 2001
- Poll shows public split over Bush energy plan
CNN, 22 May 2001
- Honeymoon's over: Bush's approval rating drops
Keating Holland, CNN, 10 May 2001
- Bush's Approval Rating Drops
Janet Elder, New York Times, 12 April 2001
- George W. Bush Job Rating
PollingReport
Commentary
- Bush Starts Falling Back to Earth
Business Week, 29 April 2002
- Does Approval Rate?
Bill C. Davis, CommonDreams, 3 February 2002
- The Message in the Sinking Polls
Bob Herbert, New York Times, 2 July 2001
- Bush's latest poll numbers a White House wake-up call
Jake Tapper, Salon, 29 June 2001
- G.O.P.
Defends Bush in Face of Dip in Poll Ratings
Richard L. Berke,
New York Times, 29 June 2001
- Bush, Upstaged and Losing a Crucial Moment
Andrew Kohut (direct of the Pew Research Center), New York Times, 24 February 2001
Polling Organizations
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