31 Percent of Americans View Bush Presidency as Good or Very Good

My take on this is that his first term was very good, his second term was very mediocre (unfortunately, mediocre is not an option in this poll).

How would you rate George W. Bush in comparison to other presidents in U.S. history? Would you say he is the best president the U.S. has ever had, very good, good, poor, very poor, or would you say he is the worst president the U.S. has ever had?

	Dec. 2008	Aug. 2008	Nov. 2007
The best	--	--	1%
Very good	5%	9%	8%
Good	26%	29%	32%
Poor	23%	22%	20%
Very poor	17%	14%	15%
The worst	28%	26%	23%

Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,013 American adults, conducted from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Rothenberg: Congressional Dems Will Have Tough Time in '08

Bush Approval Numbers Rise—A Little

a) Do you approve or disapprove of George W. Bush’s performance as president?

	Mar. 11	Jan. 21	Dec. 17	Nov. 19
Approve	37%	34%	36%	38%
Disapprove	56%	63%	62%	59%

Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,027 American adults, conducted from Mar. 9 to Mar. 11, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

b) Do you approve or disapprove of how George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Mar. 14	Mar. 4	Feb. 11	Feb. 4
Approve	35%	33%	37%	32%
Disapprove	61%	63%	59%	65%

Source: Gallup / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 American adults, conducted from Mar. 11 to Mar. 14, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

c) Overall, how would you rate president George W. Bush’s performance on the job?

	Mar. 9	Mar. 2	Jan. 26	Dec. 8
Positive	35%	30%	32%	30%
Negative	65%	69%	68%	70%

Source: Zogby International
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,028 likely American voters, conducted from Mar. 7 to Mar. 9, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

d) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Mar. 11	Feb. 27	Feb. 11	Jan. 21
Approve	34%	29%	32%	28%
Disapprove	58%	61%	59%	64%

Source: The New York Times / CBS News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,362 American adults, conducted from Mar. 7 to Mar. 11, 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

e) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

	Mar. 16	Mar. 1	Jan. 25	Jan. 18
Approve	30%	31%	30%	31%
Disapprove	60%	61%	64%	62%

Source: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Newsweek
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,001 American adults, conducted on Mar. 14 to Mar. 16, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

Germany: Conservative Coalition Leads by 7 pts.

Polling Data

What party would you support in Germany’s next federal election?

	Jan. 19	Jan. 5	Dec. 22
Christian-Democratic Union Bavarian Christian-Social (CDU-CSU)	34%	35%	33%
Social Democratic Party (SPD)	27%	26%	28%
Free Democratic Party (FDP)	14%	13%	13%
Green Party (Grune)	10%	10%	11%
Left Party (Linke)	9%	10%	9%

Source: Forsa / Stern / RTL
Methodology: Interviews with 2,503 German adults, conducted from Jan. 15 to Jan. 19, 2007. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent