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George Bush "Overall Job Rating" - Where Next?

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How low can it go? George Bush's "Overall Job Rating" is at an all-time low of 28%, as sampled 4/7-9/08 by AP-Ipsos. Will May's poll results reach new depths?
 
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Approval percent greater than 28%
43%
Approval percent 28% - no change
21%
Approval percent lessthan 28%
36%
Wed 4th Jun 8:01pm PDT
Reason: information needed to settle was never released
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported on http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm - for May, 2008 by AP-Ipsos poll.

Suspend date: Wed 7th May 12:59am PDT

Initial likelihoods: Approval percent greater than 28%: 40%, Approval percent 28% - no change: 20%, Approval percent lessthan 28%: 40%

Action history:

Created Fri 11th Apr 1:31pm PDT by buckeyeguy
Suspended Wed 7th May 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Sun 1st Jun 1:18pm PDT by gingerboi: this ain't going to happen. there won't be another survey, so let's void it. It's not longer relevant as well in terms of the original question.
Voided Wed 4th Jun 8:01pm PDT by ryanj[Admin]: information needed to settle was never released
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported on http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm - for May, 2008 by AP-Ipsos poll.... read all

 

Predictions

15 weeks ago
kruijs[Power User] predicted Approval percent lessthan 28% (H$2,000 at 79%)
15 weeks ago
horatiomonty predicted Approval percent greater than 28% (H$100 at 17%)
15 weeks ago
questmaster predicted Approval percent greater than 28% (H$16 at 15%)
15 weeks ago
myunion predicted Approval percent lessthan 28% (H$20 at 73%)
15 weeks ago
brianholmes predicted Approval percent greater than 28% (H$100 at 13%)
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Comments

According to my source (me) his approval rating is at an all time high, at exactly 0%!
posted 18 weeks ago
  2 deelilley
Nixon was almost as popular as Bush is now...right before he resigned:
1/1974 27%
8/1974 24%

http://preview.tinyurl.com/5xmfbb
"And I approved."



posted 18 weeks ago
  3 owl1
And as with Nixon "He is not a crook"
posted 18 weeks ago
  4 shadowfax
thanks for the fun humour again. reminded of that parody of him holding up his hands fixed in peace signs and jowels moving head shaking as he declared " I... am not a crook"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/111873-1.htm
posted 18 weeks ago
  5 deelilley
Heh, the peace signs; the chopper, heading back to the ranch one last time...
A replay would be nice.
http://www.medaloffreedom.com/RichardNixonFarewell.jpg
posted 18 weeks ago
  6 gingerboi
did richard nixon have a neck, or was that image photoshopped?
posted 15 weeks ago
  7 dieseldog
oh boy another poll question. just so i'm clear b4 i bet this time. is the AP-Ipsos poll the settlement source? the poll that will be used when settling..is it what the poll says on last day of may? or the poll that comes out june 1st-beginning of june?
posted 15 weeks ago
lol- apparently dieseldog has been spitzered once or twice...
posted 15 weeks ago
  9 dieseldog
hmmm..no clarification so i'm stearing clear of this one!
posted 15 weeks ago
  10 melmel07
look at the SETTLEMENT DETAILS tab
posted 14 weeks ago
  11 randburg
When can we expect this prediction to settle? It has been suspended quite awhile...When do the May poll results come out?
posted 12 weeks ago
  12 mork[Power User]
This site lists the polls, most recent first:
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
The last AP=ipsos poll listed is the one mentioned in the question.
posted 12 weeks ago

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