Survey: SHOH38

Question:
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president?

Answers: ( respondents)
1 Approve 84%
2 Disapprove 11%
3 Don't Know 5%
4 Other Response 0%
5 Can't Answer/Not Ascertained/Refusal 0%

Related questions:

In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH42, September 26, 2009)
In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Thank you. I'd like to ask some questions about things that are sometimes being said about the two major presidential candidates, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. I first want you to tell me if yu have heard these stories and then whether you think people will believe them. We are going to talk about both candidates. Let's start with John McCain. have you heard the story that McCain has fathered a black child? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
How likely do you think it is that many people will believe that John McCain has fathered a black child. Is that very likely, somewaht likely, somewhat unlikely or very unlikely? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Have you heard a story than John McCain was brainwashed while he was a prisoner in North Vetnam? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
How likely do you think it is that many people will believe John McCain was brainwashed while he was a prisoner of war? IS that very likely, somewhat likely, somewhat unlikly or very unlikely? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Have you heard the story that John McCain is senile? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
How likely do you think it is that many pople will believe that John McCain is senile? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Now let me ask you about Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee for president. have you heard the story tht Barack Obama is a Muslim? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Have you heard that Barack Obama refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance and refuses to display the American flag? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
How likely do you think it is that many people will believe that Barack Obama refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance and refuses to display the American flag? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Have you heard the story that Barack Obama is actually the anti-Christ? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
How likely to do you think it is that many people will believe tht Barack Okama is the anti-Christ? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
The six stories I just read are rumors. They are being spread in an effort to scare Americans about these two candidates. How influential do you think these rumors will be in changing how people vote? Will these rumors have a great deal of influence, some influence, only a little influence or no influence? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Thank you. We have jsut a few questions remaining. Here are some policy positions taken by the major presidential candidates. I'd like you to tell me which candidate, John McCain or Barack Obama, Has taen each of these positins. Don't be embarrassed if you don't know the answer. Which candidate wants to reduce federal taxes on American corporations? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Which candidate says that abortion is a woman's right? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Which candidate wants to increase off-shore drilling for oil as soon as possible? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Which candidate is willing to have a permanent U.S. peacekeeping force in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
Which candidate wants to make changes in the North American Free Trade Agreement, also called NAFTA (appeared in SHOH40, September 14, 2008)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job Geoge W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH39, May 24, 2008)
In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH38, February 25, 2008)
On general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH37, September 22, 2007)
In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH36, May 19, 2007)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH35, February 10, 2007)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH34, November 03, 2006)
In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W, Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
We thought it would be interesting to look back and rerun some presidential elections of the recent past. Whether you were around then or not, please tell me who you think should have won. and even if you voted in these eletons, don't tell me ow you voted but how you'd vote knowing what you know now. So, in the 1960 election between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Ricahrd M. Nixon, how would you vote now? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1964 election between Republican Barry Goldwater and Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. How would you vote today? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1968 election among Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey, Republican Richard M. Nixon and Independent George C. Wallace? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1972 election between Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat George McGovern (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1976 election between Democrat Jimmy Carter and Republican Gerald Ford? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1980 election beween Republican Ronald Reagan, Democrat Jimmy Carter and Independent John Anderson? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1984 election between Democrat Walter Mondale and Republican Ronald Reagan? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1988 election beweeen Republican George Herbert Walker Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
What about the 1992 election between Democrat Bill Clinton, Republican George Herbert Walker Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 1996 election among Republican Bob Dole, Democrat Bill Clinton and third party candidate Ross Perot? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How aabout the 2000 electon among Democrat Al Gore, Republican George Bush and third party candidates Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
How about the 2004 election among Republican George W. Bush, Democrat John Kerry and third part candidate Ralph Nader? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
And for fun, althoght they never an against each other, how would you vote if you had to pick between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Ronald Reagan? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
And how would you vote if the race was between George Herbert Walker Bush and his son, George W. Bush? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
And how would you vote if the race was between Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Clinton? (appeared in SHOH33, July 06, 2006)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH32, March 02, 2006)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
In general do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing with the situation in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing in sending troops into Iraq? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
Should the United States begin pulling its troops out of Iraq as soon as possible or should we stay for at least a few years until the new govenrnment in Iraq is secure? (appeared in SHOH31, October 21, 2005)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing with the situation in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
Do you think the United States did the right thing or the wrong thing in sending trooops into Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
Give me your best guess on this next question. How many years do you think it will be before most of our trooops are able to leave Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
Do you think President Bush and his military advisers have a clear, well-thought out plan to get our troops out of Iraq, or not? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
Should the United States begin pulling its troops out of Iraq as soon as possible, or should we stay for at least a few years until the new government in Iraq is secure? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
Do you think the United States is safer from terrorist attack today or less safe because of our miliary action in Iraq? (appeared in SHOH30, July 19, 2005)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH29, February 10, 2005)
Would you say you are tired of the presidential campaign and will be glad when it is over, or are you not tired ot it? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
Have you seen any of the political advertisements about the presidential race on television? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
How certain are you that you will vote for this man? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
Well, which candidate would you say you are leaning toward right now, Kerry or Bush? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
The major candidats for president this year are Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry. If the election were held today, from whom would you vote? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
Despite everything that has happened, do you think the United Stats has done a good thing or a bad thing by sending our mlitary to occupy Iraq? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH28, October 14, 2004)
Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH27, July 05, 2004)
Do you think America basically is headed in the right direction or in the wrong direction? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
Would you like to see President Bush be re-elected to a second term, or is it time for someone new? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
Thinking about America's foreign policy, how do you feel about our policy of preventive military attacks on countries that we feel threaten our national security? Do you strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree or strongly disagree with this policy? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
Do you think the United States has done enough to fight international terrorism, too much or not enough? (appeared in SHOH26, March 09, 2004)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH25, November 04, 2003)
Think about how competent the typical candidate for Congress is on the following issues. By comparison, how competent would a lesbian woman candidate likely be on education? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent? (appeared in SHOH25, November 04, 2003)
What about on taxes? How competent would a lesbian woman candidate be compared to the typical candidate for Congress? Would she be much more competent, somewhat more competent, no different, somewhat less competent, or much less competent? (appeared in SHOH25, November 04, 2003)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH24, August 15, 2003)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH23, May 18, 2003)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
Should President Bush and the Congress increase federal funding to public schools, or should funding be left to mostly to state and local government? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
Should President Bush and the Congress require that each public school show improvement in teaching, or should this be left to local leaders to decide? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
Should President Bush and the Congress require that schools give achievement tests every year for students in the third through eighth grade, or should this also be left to local leaders to decide? (appeared in SHOH18, October 21, 2001)
February 24th is President's Day. Who would you say is your favorite American President, either living or dead? (appeared in SHOH22, January 30, 2003)
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as president? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
What percentage of the House of Representatives do you think are Asian? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
What percentage [of the House of Representatives] do you think are black? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
What percentage [of the House of Representatives] do you think are Hispanic or Latino? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
Although there are many different kinds of people in politics, do you think the largest group of politicians is very liberal, liberal, moderate, conservative or very conservative? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
How well do each of these terms describe the typical politician, such as a candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives? When I say the typical politician is qualified, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL,or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician. (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is sophisticated, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description ot the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is honest, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is believable, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is successful, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description ot the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is sincere, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)
When I say the typical politician is strong, is that an EXTREMELY WELL, QUITE WELL, NOT TOO WELL or NOT WELL AT ALL description of the typical politician? (appeared in SHOH21, October 28, 2002)