The latest SurveyUSA Bush approval ratings are out and, in Pennsylvania, Bush's dismal 40% approval rating is only slightly less dismal than last month's 32%. That increase comes mostly from respondents who identified themselves as Republicans. Two percent more admitted to registering R this month than last, and this month's survey had two percent fewer Independent respondents. Some Rs are starting to come out of the closet.
In the July poll, 58% of Republicans approved of The Decider. In the August tally, that number jumped to 69%. The balance of the rise seems to come from the Independents, whose approval of the President increased to 46% from last month's 30%.
Broken out by self-identified ideology, 77% Conservatives of conservatives approve of Bush this month, up from 68% last month; 27% of Moderates, down a point from the last survey; and, someone explain this one to me, last month only 5% of self-labeled Liberals approved of the way the President was handling his job. This month that figure jumped to 22%.
The more education one has, the less likely one is to view the President favorably. His highest scores in this breakdown come from those who have no more than a grade school education -- 50% support the President. In the abortion camps, he jumped to 61% approval among the anti-choice contingent, up from 48% last month (only 43% of Pennsylvania respondents identified themselves as anti-choice; 52% are pro-choice).
Regionally, the President is still below the 50% mark everywhere -- 44% Western, 39% Northeast, 31% Southeast, 45% in the T. His biggest jump from last month came in Santorum's area -- the Southeast. In July, he scored a 19% approval rating there. The August numbers were a 12-point increase.
Some good news for the President and his loyal supporter, Rick Santorum. But, no matter how you slice it, the bottom line remains the same -- Pennsylvania says the President still sucks.
In the July poll, 58% of Republicans approved of The Decider. In the August tally, that number jumped to 69%. The balance of the rise seems to come from the Independents, whose approval of the President increased to 46% from last month's 30%.
Broken out by self-identified ideology, 77% Conservatives of conservatives approve of Bush this month, up from 68% last month; 27% of Moderates, down a point from the last survey; and, someone explain this one to me, last month only 5% of self-labeled Liberals approved of the way the President was handling his job. This month that figure jumped to 22%.
The more education one has, the less likely one is to view the President favorably. His highest scores in this breakdown come from those who have no more than a grade school education -- 50% support the President. In the abortion camps, he jumped to 61% approval among the anti-choice contingent, up from 48% last month (only 43% of Pennsylvania respondents identified themselves as anti-choice; 52% are pro-choice).Regionally, the President is still below the 50% mark everywhere -- 44% Western, 39% Northeast, 31% Southeast, 45% in the T. His biggest jump from last month came in Santorum's area -- the Southeast. In July, he scored a 19% approval rating there. The August numbers were a 12-point increase.
Some good news for the President and his loyal supporter, Rick Santorum. But, no matter how you slice it, the bottom line remains the same -- Pennsylvania says the President still sucks.
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