President's Numbers Low but Holding

The latest from Quinnipiac: Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? 40% Approve 54% Disapprove In general how satisfied are you with the way things are going in the nation today? 39% Satisfied 59% Dissatisfied Source: Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,230 registered American voters, conducted from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, 2005. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent. The downward trend in his numbers has yet to break through the support barrier of the mid 30s. The good news for the President is his base is still with him even though the swing vote has swung in the opposite direction (his numbers were lower in all the polls when the Harriet Miers choice disappointed his core constituency). The bad news is he has a very thin margin of error to work with: if he drops much more across the board it's a signal the die-hards are running, and it could trigger a precipitous collapse.