No wonder FOX is comin' unglued at the seams. Real terror has now set in:
07/13/06 FOX News Poll: Democrats Favored On Most Issues; Bush Approval Down
Less than four months before Election Day, the latest FOX News Poll finds that voters strongly favor the Democrats on key issues such as the economy and gas prices, and give the minority party a double-digit lead for control of Congress this fall. For most of President Bush's second term in office, more Americans have said they disapprove than approve of his job performance and that is again the case in this new poll.
A bit more below:
I copied some of Fox News poll numbers from
PollingReport.com for the past 9 months below:
FOX/Opinion Dynamics RV
07/11 - 07/12/06 36
06/27 - 06/28/06 41
05/16 - 05/18/06 35
05/02 - 05/03/06 38
04/04 - 04/06/06 36
02/28 - 03/01/06 39
01/24 - 01/25/06 41
11/29 - 11/30/05 42
10/25 - 11/26/05 41
09/27 - 09/28/05 45
The report goes on to cite:
The president's approval rating dropped to 36 percent, down from 41 percent approval two weeks ago and 40 percent in mid-June. Bush lost ground this week among some key constituent groups, such as Republicans, whites and men. Overall, 53 percent of Americans say they disapprove.
"It is important to remember that the president got his bounce after the killing of al-Zarqawi in Iraq," comments Opinion Dynamics Chairman John Gorman. "While administration officials were careful not to overplay the significance of this, it naturally created hope that things would get better. Several weeks of bloody footage from Iraq have pretty much dashed those hopes." [snip]
Americans think the most important issues facing the country today are Iraq (21 percent), the economy (11 percent) and health care (10 percent). On each of these, Democrats are seen as the party that can do a better job -- by a razor-thin margin on Iraq (+2 percentage points), and by much more significant margins on the economy (+20 points) and health care (+29 points).
Even though it is extremely close, this is the first time the GOP is no longer the preferred party on Iraq: By 38 percent to 36 percent voters say they think the Democrats would do a better job handling the war.
There's more good news in their numbers, but unfortunately I can't quote it all.
Just when my optimism begins to waver again, good news props me up again. While my trepidation about voting machines in November is ever in the back of my mind, I'm actually a bit hopeful this go-around.
Maybe the light is finally beginning to shine through?
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