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From correspondents in Washington
February 28, 2006
US President George W Bush's job rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 per cent, according to a CBS News poll.
The results follows strong opposition to a Bush-suported plan to give control of some key US ports to a Dubai company and increasing pessimism over the war in Iraq.
Mr Bush's overall job approval fell eight points from 42 per cent last month.
Fifty-nine per cent of respondents said they disapproved of Mr Bush's performance on the job, the poll found.
Mr Bush's previous low job approval rating of 35 per cent came last October, a month after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast and shortly after the US death toll in Iraq reached the 2000 mark, CBS said.
Long among his strongest suits, ratings for Mr Bush's handling of Iraq fell to a new low of 30 per cent, down from 37 per cent in January, the poll found.
In addition, 62 per cent of Americans said they thought US efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq were going badly compared with 36 per cent who said things were going well.
In recent days, the Bush administration has faced increasing sectarian violence and fears of civil war in Iraq as well as strong bipartisan congressional opposition to a deal allowing an Arab state-owned company to operate six key US ports.
According to the poll, 70 per cent believe the Dubai Ports World transaction should not be allowed to go through while only 21 per cent did not see the ports deal as a problem.
One surprising bright spot for the administration in the polls was that Americans appeared ready to move on after Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident. Seventy-six per cent said it was understandable that the accident could happen.
However, media coverage of the accident might have made the public's generally negative view of Mr Cheney a bit more so, CBS said. The poll found that 46 per cent hold a negative view of Mr Cheney and 18 per cent hold a favourable view, down from a 23-per-cent favourable rating in January.
The telephone poll of 1018 adults was conducted on February 22-26 and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
From correspondents in Washington
February 28, 2006
US President George W Bush's job rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 per cent, according to a CBS News poll.
The results follows strong opposition to a Bush-suported plan to give control of some key US ports to a Dubai company and increasing pessimism over the war in Iraq.
Mr Bush's overall job approval fell eight points from 42 per cent last month.
Fifty-nine per cent of respondents said they disapproved of Mr Bush's performance on the job, the poll found.
Mr Bush's previous low job approval rating of 35 per cent came last October, a month after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast and shortly after the US death toll in Iraq reached the 2000 mark, CBS said.
Long among his strongest suits, ratings for Mr Bush's handling of Iraq fell to a new low of 30 per cent, down from 37 per cent in January, the poll found.
In addition, 62 per cent of Americans said they thought US efforts to bring stability and order to Iraq were going badly compared with 36 per cent who said things were going well.
In recent days, the Bush administration has faced increasing sectarian violence and fears of civil war in Iraq as well as strong bipartisan congressional opposition to a deal allowing an Arab state-owned company to operate six key US ports.
According to the poll, 70 per cent believe the Dubai Ports World transaction should not be allowed to go through while only 21 per cent did not see the ports deal as a problem.
One surprising bright spot for the administration in the polls was that Americans appeared ready to move on after Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident. Seventy-six per cent said it was understandable that the accident could happen.
However, media coverage of the accident might have made the public's generally negative view of Mr Cheney a bit more so, CBS said. The poll found that 46 per cent hold a negative view of Mr Cheney and 18 per cent hold a favourable view, down from a 23-per-cent favourable rating in January.
The telephone poll of 1018 adults was conducted on February 22-26 and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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