Happy Entrails
10-01-2005, 07:44 PM
78 percent of Republicans say DeLay should stay, 66 percent of Independents, and 50 percent of Democrats feel this way.
A 56-percent majority of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job, 32 percent approve.
In addition, 52 percent of those polled say that Washington politicians have become more partisan and divisive in recent years; 38 percent say they have not.
There has been a small increase in approval in Bush's handling of terrorism and homeland security; 51-percent approve, up five percentage points since the last Newsweek Poll and 44 percent disapprove. Although 49 percent of Americans say that the creation of a Department of Homeland Security has not made Americans safer; 45 percent feel it has.
On the topic of Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court and other federal courts, 57 percent of those polled approve of his appointments, up nine percentage points since the last Newsweek Poll; 28 percent disapprove, down five percentage points.
President George W. Bush's approval rating remains at a low point. In this week's Newsweek Poll, taken in the days immediately following House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's indictment on charges of conspiracy to violate Texas campaign finance laws, 40 percent of those polled say they approve of Bush's job performance overall, while 53 percent disapprove. In the previous Newsweek Poll, completed after Hurricane Katrina hit, but before Hurricane Rita, 38 percent approved his performance and 55 percent disapproved.
Americans believe that the GOP is too close to powerful groups according to the latest Newsweek Poll. Seventy-three percent of those polled believe that the Republicans are too closely affiliated with big business; 70 percent think they are too close to oil companies. Fifty-three percent of Republicans believe their party is too close to big business and 49 percent of Republicans believe the GOP is too close to oil companies.
For this Newsweek Poll, Princeton Survey Research Associates International interviewed 1,004 adults aged 18 and older on Sept. 29-30, 2005. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points. This poll is part of the October 10 issue of Newsweek, on newsstands Monday, October 3.
A 56-percent majority of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job, 32 percent approve.
In addition, 52 percent of those polled say that Washington politicians have become more partisan and divisive in recent years; 38 percent say they have not.
There has been a small increase in approval in Bush's handling of terrorism and homeland security; 51-percent approve, up five percentage points since the last Newsweek Poll and 44 percent disapprove. Although 49 percent of Americans say that the creation of a Department of Homeland Security has not made Americans safer; 45 percent feel it has.
On the topic of Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court and other federal courts, 57 percent of those polled approve of his appointments, up nine percentage points since the last Newsweek Poll; 28 percent disapprove, down five percentage points.
President George W. Bush's approval rating remains at a low point. In this week's Newsweek Poll, taken in the days immediately following House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's indictment on charges of conspiracy to violate Texas campaign finance laws, 40 percent of those polled say they approve of Bush's job performance overall, while 53 percent disapprove. In the previous Newsweek Poll, completed after Hurricane Katrina hit, but before Hurricane Rita, 38 percent approved his performance and 55 percent disapproved.
Americans believe that the GOP is too close to powerful groups according to the latest Newsweek Poll. Seventy-three percent of those polled believe that the Republicans are too closely affiliated with big business; 70 percent think they are too close to oil companies. Fifty-three percent of Republicans believe their party is too close to big business and 49 percent of Republicans believe the GOP is too close to oil companies.
For this Newsweek Poll, Princeton Survey Research Associates International interviewed 1,004 adults aged 18 and older on Sept. 29-30, 2005. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points. This poll is part of the October 10 issue of Newsweek, on newsstands Monday, October 3.