Bush's Approval Ratings Stay Low

Poll: 60 Percent Of Americans Think War In Iraq Is Going Badly

(CBS) 
But even in this, there is no good news for the President: Americans think younger people would ultimately still be worse off under the President's plan.

BUSH'S PLAN WOULD MAKE YOUNGER PEOPLE…

(Among those who say young people are most affected)
Better off
35%
Worse off
54%

Even the youngest adults aged 18-29 believe that they would be most affected -- and worse off for it.

And in the end, few think the President will be able to get what he wants.

WILL BUSH BE ABLE TO MAKE SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES?

Yes, he will
25%
No, we won't
59%
Haven't heard proposals
7%

THE PUBLIC'S PRIORITIES
Most Americans don't think the President shares their priorities for the country. Just 35 percent say he does, and 61 percewnt say he does not. Along with last month's poll, these are among the lowest marks Bush has ever received on this question. But even more Americans -- 71 percent -- think Congress does not share their priorities.

SHARES YOUR PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNTRY?

Bush
Yes
35%
No
61%

Congress
Yes
19%
No
71%

When asked to volunteer the most important issue facing the country today, 19 percent mention the war in Iraq and 18 percent mention the economy and jobs. 6 percent volunteer terrorism, and 5 percent say health care. 4 percent mention Social Security. Views were similar last month.

MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM

Iraq
19%
Economy/jobs
18%
Terrorism
6%
Health care
5%
Social Security
4%
Moral values
4%

Approval ratings for Congress continue at the low levels seen since March; 33 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, and 53 percent disapprove.

A majority of Americans also continues to think the country is on the wrong track, with only one in three saying it's headed in the right direction. Those findings are similar to last month. 70 percent of Republicans think the country is going in the right direction, but only 10 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of Independents agree.

THE ECONOMY
Views of the economy are mixed, and also not much different than they were last month. 54 percent think the economy is in good shape, 45 percent think it is in bad shape. But the outlook for the future is far from positive; 45 percent think the economy is staying the same, but 36 percent think it is getting worse, and only 18 percent think it is getting better.

ECONOMY IS...

Getting better
18%
Getting worse
36%
Staying the same
45%

Views of the economy have become more negative among one group of Americans in particular -- those aged 30 to 44 (the same group that has expressed lower job approval ratings of the President in this poll). 49 percent of this group thinks the economy is in good shape now, down from 59 percent last month. 49 percent think the economy is in bad shape, up from 39 percent.

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This poll was conducted among a nationwide random sample of 1111 adults, interviewed by telephone June 10-15, 2005. The error due to sampling could be plus or minus three percentage points for results based on all adults. Error for subgroups is higher.

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