{"id":5917,"date":"2005-11-23T13:05:18","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T18:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5917"},"modified":"2005-11-23T13:05:18","modified_gmt":"2005-11-23T18:05:18","slug":"the-bottom-falls-a-little-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/the-bottom-falls-a-little-further\/","title":{"rendered":"The bottom falls a little further"},"content":{"rendered":"

SurveyUSA has another one of those interesting 50-state polls<\/a> out this week, breaking down Bush’s approval rating on a state-by-state basis. The president is down to 37% overall, which is about average for most of the recent national polls, but to appreciate Bush’s lack of support, you really have to see the state numbers.<\/p>\n

The top five<\/b>:<\/p>\n

Idaho — 59% approve, 39% disapprove
\nUtah — 59% approve, 38% disapprove
\nWyoming — 53% approve, 44% disapprove
\nMississippi — 50% approve, 48% disapprove
\nOklahoma — 49% approve, 49% disapprove<\/p>\n

The bottom five<\/b>:<\/p>\n

Rhode Island — 26% approve, 73% disapprove
\nNew York — 27% approve, 70% disapprove
\nVermont — 29% approve, 69% disapprove
\nDelaware — 29% approve, 69% disapprove
\nNew Jersey — 30% approve, 67% disapprove<\/p>\n

There are a handful of interesting ways to review the data, but one thing that stands out is just how few states are left for Bush. A few months ago, the top five used to reflect the handful of states where the president was very<\/i> popular among the many where he still enjoyed majority support. Indeed, in May, Bush was above 50% in 13 states. By September, that number had fallen to 10 states. In October, it was six. Now, it’s three<\/i>.<\/p>\n

There are now 10 states that backed Bush in the presidential election last year in which his support is at 40% or lower. In Texas — Texas!<\/i> — Bush’s approval rating is only 42%, while his disapproval rating is at 52%.<\/p>\n

Will anyone<\/i> want to campaign alongside Bush next year? Not if they’re even remotely vulnerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SurveyUSA has another one of those interesting 50-state polls out this week, breaking down Bush’s approval rating on a state-by-state basis. The president is down to 37% overall, which is about average for most of the recent national polls, but to appreciate Bush’s lack of support, you really have to see the state numbers. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}