ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Politics and International Relations, 2005

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BUSHNET Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?   1) Approve Net   2) Disapprove Net   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Approve Net	526	52.8%	52.8%	-.56
Disapprove Net	449	45%	97.8%	.37
DK/No opinion	22	2.2%	100%	5.92

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Region

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Approve Net	53.7% 79	54.9% 96	55.1% 119	54.1% 152	45.5% 70	53.0% 516
Disapprove Net	44.2% 65	41.7% 73	44.4% 96	42.3% 119	53.9% 83	44.8% 436
DK/No opinion	2.0% 3	3.4% 6	0.5% 1	3.6% 10	0.6% 1	2.2% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 175	100.0% 216	100.0% 281	100.0% 154	973

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school grad	Graduated high school or technical school	Some college	Graduated College	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Approve Net	40.4% 23	50.7% 140	61.5% 184	56.0% 116	40.0% 60	52.9% 523
Disapprove Net	54.4% 31	46.7% 129	35.1% 105	44.0% 91	58.7% 88	44.9% 444
DK/No opinion	5.3% 3	2.5% 7	3.3% 10	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 276	100.0% 299	100.0% 207	100.0% 150	989

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve Net	55.8% 298	49.2% 228	52.8% 526
Disapprove Net	41.9% 224	48.6% 225	45.0% 449
DK/No opinion	2.2% 12	2.2% 10	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 534	100.0% 463	997

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 35 thousand dollars	35 to 50 thousand	50 to 75 thousand	75 to 100 thousand	More than 100 thousand	TOTAL
Approve Net	46.5% 93	55.4% 92	59.1% 97	62.7% 89	49.4% 78	54.1% 449
Disapprove Net	50.0% 100	42.8% 71	39.0% 64	37.3% 53	48.1% 76	43.9% 364
DK/No opinion	3.5% 7	1.8% 3	1.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.5% 4	2.0% 17
TOTAL	100.0% 200	100.0% 166	100.0% 164	100.0% 142	100.0% 158	830

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other race	TOTAL
Approve Net	56.2% 452	18.0% 11	52.0% 26	50.0% 4	47.9% 23	53.1% 516
Disapprove Net	41.7% 335	80.3% 49	46.0% 23	37.5% 3	47.9% 23	44.6% 433
DK/No opinion	2.1% 17	1.6% 1	2.0% 1	12.5% 1	4.2% 2	2.3% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 61	100.0% 50	100.0% 8	100.0% 48	971

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	South (Census Division 5,6,7)	West (Census Division 8,9)	TOTAL
Approve Net	43.1% 81	55.3% 125	55.4% 199	54.0% 121	52.8% 526
Disapprove Net	54.8% 103	42.0% 95	42.6% 153	43.8% 98	45.0% 449
DK/No opinion	2.1% 4	2.7% 6	1.9% 7	2.2% 5	2.2% 22
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 226	100.0% 359	100.0% 224	997