3 Polls Show Bush Continues to Rise

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

	Sept. 27	Sept. 13	Aug. 30	Aug. 9
Approve	42%	40%	38%	36%
Disapprove	54%	49%	56%	56%

Source: Opinion Dynamics / Fox News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 900 American likely voters, conducted on Sept. 26 and Sept. 27, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

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

	Sept. 25	Sept. 14	Sept. 5	Aug. 15
Positive	42%	39%	37%	34%
Negative	58%	61%	63%	66%

Source: Zogby International / Reuters
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 likely American voters, conducted from Sept. 22 to Sept. 25, 2006. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.

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

	Sept. 2006	Aug. 2006	Jul. 2006	Jun. 2006
Approve	38%	36%	35%	36%
Disapprove	57%	58%	59%	57%

Source: American Research Group
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,100 American adults, conducted from Sept. 18 to Sept. 21, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.