Bush Approval Rating Drops to 38% <br />Zogby's most recent poll shows overall disapproval of President Bush's job running the country <br /> <br /> <br />Zogby America's most recent telephone poll shows that President Bush's job approval rating fell to 38 percent. The poll was taken from Feb. 27 to March 2. This was a slight drop from Bush's 40 percent approval rating from a poll conducted two weeks ago. Bush's current 38 percent approval rating is under the previous low of 39 percent from the telephone poll ending on Oct. 29, 2005.<br /><br />According to the survey, Democrats possess a six-point advantage over their Republican rivals concerning which party is favored in the midterm congressional elections coming up later this year. Democrats held 38 percent, while Republicans held 32 percent, with 28 percent saying they were unsure.<br /><br />Rural voters are relatively pleased with Bush's performance as 44 percent gave the President good marks, while 42 percent of suburban voters and 45 percent of married voters also approved of Bush's work. Sixty percent of conservatives gave the President their approval, and 75 percent of participants who call themselves "very conservative" also gave him high marks.<br /><br />Bush seems to be having a hard time pleasing some of his Republican counterparts, 28 percent of whom think that his performance is sub par. Only 27 percent of moderates approved of the President's job.<br /><br />As expected, 43 percent of those who live in the "Republican Red" states that Bush won in the 2004 presidential election approved of his performance, while only 30 percent of those polled in "Democratic Blue" states agreed.<br /><br />In terms of the country's overall direction, the United States as a whole does not appear to be too enthusiastic. Only 37 percent indicated that they think the country is on the right track, and 55 percent said that they think that the nation is on the wrong track. The South appears to be the most optimistic of all regions about the nation's direction with 42 percent of those polled approving of the country's current course. <br /><br />However, 49 percent of those polled in the South maintain that the U.S. is heading the wrong way. Those in the East seem most pessimistic, as only 29 percent said that they think the nation is well. Thirty-seven percent of those in the West thought things were on the right track, and 39 percent of those in the Midwest and Great Lakes region agreed that the country was on the right path.<br /><br />These results come in light of the recent concerns over port security as well as uncertainty concerning relations with North Korea and Iran.<br /><br />Zogby International is a nonpartisan and independent polling tracker that operates in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. They have been taking public opinion polls since 1984.
