Thursday, July 06, 2006

BUSH'S NUMBERS: THE BREAKDOWN   [Byron York]

Gallup has released its yearly racial breakdown on George W. Bush's job approval rating.  (Getting such a breakdown requires a larger polling sample than Gallup's ordinary surveys.)  The poll shows in the last two years, Bush's ratings have remained virtually unchanged among blacks and Hispanics; it is among non-Hispanic whites that the president's ratings have fallen significantly.

Non-Hispanic Whites           Approve            Disapprove
June 8-25, 2006                          42                   53
June 6-25, 2005                          47                   48
June 9-30, 2004                          61                   38

Blacks
June 8-25, 2006                          15                   78
June 6-25, 2005                          16                   77
June 9-30, 2004                          16                   79

Hispanics
June 8-25, 2006                          38                   53
June 6-25, 2005                          41                   49
June 9-30, 2004                          40                   52

The numbers suggest that Bush's ratings among blacks and Hispanics fell to the floor between June 2003 and June 2004.  Among blacks, Bush fell from 32 percent approval in June 2003 to 16 percent in June 2004.  Among Hispanics, Bush fell from 67 percent approval to 40 percent in the same period. (Among non-Hispanic whites, Bush fell from 69 percent to 61 percent in that time frame.)

07/06 09:08 AMShare