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7-Day Rolling Averages 3-Day Rolling Averages Economic Is U.S. Winning War on Terror? 5 |
August 25, 2004--Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters now say that President George W. Bush is doing a good or excellent job handling the economy. That's down two points from a week ago. Since John Kerry wrapped up the Democratic Presidential Nomination on Super Tuesday, the number giving the President good or excellent ratings on the economy has ranged from 36% to 42%. At the other extreme, 43% now rate the President's handling of the economy as poor. That's unchanged from last week and the highest level since May 26. Since Super Tuesday, between 36% and 44% of voters have given the President poor ratings every single week. Demographic details are available. Over the past week, the nation's economic confidence has dipped to its lowest level in two months. Thirty-three percent of Americans rate the economy as good or excellent. Generally, the President's ratings for handling the economy improve as perceptions of the economy improve. These figures are updated every Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. When we look at the net figures (Excellent/Good minus Poor), this is the second consecutive that the President has been in negative figures. Prior to these past two week, the President's net ratings had been positive for eight of the nine weeks. A related survey found that voters are evenly divided between Bush over Kerry when it comes to managing the economy. That survey will be updated on Friday. Rasmussen Reports provides daily updates on the Presidential race and the economic confidence of Investors and Consumers. The current data on the President's handling of the economy is from a national telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports over the previous Monday and Tuesday nights. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. See Methodology.
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