Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates. Feb. 19-20, 2004. N=873 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 4.
"Next, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the following people in politics. If I mention someone you had never heard of before this interview, just tell me. What about George W. Bush? Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him -- or had you never heard of him before this interview?"
Favorable 49%
Unfavorable 47%
Don't Know 4%
Monday, February 23
The News Gets Worse For Bush
What we have here, folks, is the first time in Bush's presidency where there's a virtual dead heat between the favorables and the unfavorables. This is historic.