Older Americans join others in giving Bush all-time low approval

[Human Torch]

Senior Citizens Drop Bush Approval More than Others Since 2004

Older Americans join others in giving Bush all-time low approval



June 6, 2006 – The public's approval of President George W. Bush hit an all time low in the latest research by the Pew Research Center – 33%. Although the analysis by Pew highlights the big drop in approval by moderate Republicans, it is senior citizens that lead all age groups in lowering the approval rating since the 2004 election. Then, seniors were the strongest backers of the President (53%) but today they agree with all adults and give Bush an approval rating of 33%.

The drop in the senior citizen support has been the largest – a drop of 20% - of any age group. And, indications are that this change is spearheaded by men, since the only other demographic group in the poll with a drop this large was in men age 50 and older. Their approval fell 23%, while that of women the same age fell only 16%.

A big factor, however, is that it was this group of older men that most strongly supported Bush in the last election, giving him a 57% approval at election time. The older women only gave Bush a 47% positive rating in 2004.

A Gallup Poll released May 26 showed that the approval rating for President Bush by senior citizens has not dropped as much as most other adults since January 2005, but it is because the seniors had a lower rating for the President in the first place. The current approval rating by seniors is 33 percent in the Gallup Poll - the same as the average for American adults of all ages. So, in both recent polls the seniors have lowered their support to the same as the rest of the county.

http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Politics/6-06-06-SeniorCitizensDropBush.htm

[T Wolf]

1. In my experience, I have found that most older Americans really...

... hate the asshole. They have lived through a lot and have a better perspective on the damage he has done. They also tend to be a little less selfish than younger people who want everything NOW.

Couple that with the fear of what he is doing to their remaining years and what he has done to burden their children and grandchildren and you have a clear explanation of their attitude towards the junta.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Out of curiousity

is there any comparable information concerning the leanings of young people ?

[Human Torch]

5. I haven't seen the numbers broken down that way...

It seems to be male/female, Republican/Democrat/Independent, Evangelicals, Middle Class, etc...this is the first time I've seen age-based number crunching.

Also from the article (same URL as above):

Bush's rating among Americans under age 30 fell just 11 percentage points during that time from an already marginal rating of 40% down to 29% today.

So the closest they come to measuring young people is "under age 30."

:patriot:

[Arkansas Granny]

6. You can find break downs on the numbers by state at Survey USA.

http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StatePres060515State.htm

Just click on the state you desire, then click on the graphic to the left of the question and it will go to a page where you can get the question broken down by several categories.

[Vidar]

3. Good to hear. Thanks for posting.

[grytpype]

4. Must read!

Seniors ELECTED Bush... but their approval has fallen more than anyone else's.



They had farther to fall.

I guess that Medicare Plan D bribe did not go as expected.