May 24, 2007
POLL: CBS/Times Bush, Iraq
A new CBS News/New York Times national survey (CBS story, results; Times story; results) of 1,125 adults (conducted 5/18 through 5/23) finds:
- 30% approve of the way President Bush is handling his job; 63% disapprove.
- 24% believe the country is headed in the right direction; 72% believe it is on the wrong track -- "the highest number ever recorded" by CBS/Times since they began asking it in 1983.
- 23% say the war is going "well;" 76% say "badly." 52% of Republicans now say the war in Iraq is going "at least somewhat badly; 36% in April.
By Eric Dienstfrey on May 24, 2007 8:05 PM | Permalink