2 Percent
October 13th, 2005 by JoshLast week analysts theorized that Bush’s sub-40 approval numbers were the floor for this president. That due to the makeup of American electoral politics no elected (hah!) president could go much lower. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal Poll confirms his low approval numbers and adds this tidbit of information:
2 percent of African Americans approve of the president. 2%!!
Tim Russert this morning said of the new poll, he could not “find a pollster who can remember any President ever getting just 2 percent approval from African-Americans.�
October 13th, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Don’t forget the margin of error! + or – about 2%
October 13th, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Yeah, I was going to point out that the margin of error on the poll is 3.4%. Meaning Bush is anywhere from -1.4% to 5.4%. However that’s on the entire sample pool. The African-American sample population would be much smaller – if the numbers work only around 120 – so the margin of error for that particular statistic would be much higher.
Still a telling number however.
October 13th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Is it fair to say that George W. Bush hates black folks?
October 13th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Probably fairer to say black folks hate George W. Bush.