Friday, December 16, 2005
Senior voters not happy with the president
Americans remain unhappy with President Bush, but his approval rating rose slightly, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found. "Bush's overall approval rating was 39%, down from 50% as he entered his second term earlier this year but up a hair from his 38% approval in November."Key finding: "In a period of broad-ranging public discontent, that among senior citizens stands out as most worrisome for Republicans aiming to keep control of the House and Senate in the fall... By a 65% to 19% margin, Americans age 65 and above disapprove of the performance of Congress; those under 65 are also negative but less lopsidedly, 58% to 27%. Moreover, senior citizens say by 47% to 37% that they want Democrats rather than Republicans to win control of Capitol Hill." Full poll results are available.
