George Bush: How Low Can He Go? Wednesday, October 19, 2005 http://www.wisdems.org/ht/display/Relea ... 466Contact: Jessica Erickson (608) 255-5172 x 406 (voice) (608) 255-8919 (fax) The Democratic Party of Wisconsin 222 W. Washington Ave. Suite 150 · Madison, WI 53703 (608) 255-5172 (voice) · (608) 255-8919 (fax) · party@wisdems.orgPresident: I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up MADISON – On the heels of a poll last week showing the President’s approval ratings plummeting by 10 percentage points in Wisconsin, yet another national survey shows Bush’s approval ratings have sunk to a new low in Wisconsin. According to Survey USA, only 36 percent of Wisconsinites approve of the President’s job performance – an approval rating even lower than the latest national numbers. Yesterday’s poll by CNN/USA Today has the President at a 39 percent approval rating nationwide. “Republican lawmakers who walked lock-step with this President on his failed Iraq policy and ignored repeated calls for energy reform better prepare for some tough questions when they go to the doors of voters next year,” said Joe Wineke, Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. “Wisconsin families are fed up with the failed leadership of President Bush and Republicans in Congress.” Wineke said recent polls show that the people of Wisconsin are becoming increasingly upset with President Bush over rising energy costs, his failure in Iraq, record federal deficits, his failure to extend the MILC program for Wisconsin dairy farmers, and the federal government’s failure to respond swiftly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “How many polls will it take for Republicans both in Washington and Madison to realize that their to-do list doesn’t match the priorities of the people of Wisconsin?” Wineke asked. “People are worried about how they’re going to adjust family budgets to pay for skyrocketing gas and home heating prices, and why their health insurance premiums are going up again this year.” The poll also shows President Bush has serious problems in Wisconsin with the type of swing voters who can often turn an election. Only 28 percent of moderates and 31 percent of independents approve of the President’s job performance. And the President’s support among his own base is in trouble in Wisconsin, with 21 percent of Republicans disapproving of his performance and only a slim margin of pro-life voters approving of his performance. Support for President Bush is below 50 percent in 25 of the states he won last November, according to the poll. In so-called swing states, the President’s numbers are dramatically lower than that.