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However, this is significantly better than
the November 2005 measure (27% right direction and 68% wrong track) .

* While a majority of men say the country has gotten off on the wrong
track (39% right direction, 54% wrong track), their ratings were much
more positive when compared to women (25% right direction, 63% wrong
track). Bush is doing as
president -- excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"

Base: All Adults

TREND Positive(*) Negative(**)
2006 February % 40 58
January % 43 56
2005 November % 34 65
August % 40 58
June % 45 55
April % 44 56
February % 48 51
2004 November % 50 49
October % 51 49
September % 45 54
August % 48 51
June % 50 49
April % 48 51
February % 51 48
2003 December % 50 49
October % 59 40
August % 57 41
June % 61 36
April % 70 29
February % 52 46
2002 December % 64 35
November % 65 33
October % 64 35
September % 68 30
August % 63 37
July % 62 37
June % 70 28
May % 74 25
April % 75 23
March % 77 22
February % 79 20
January % 79 19
2001 December % 82 17
November % 86 12
October % 88 11
August % 52 43
July % 56 39
June % 50 46
May % 59 35
March % 49 38
February % 56 26

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possible sources of error in all polls or surveys that are probably more
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* Three-fifths (61%) of conservatives bestow positive ratings on
President Bush while one-third (33%) of moderates and 16 percent of
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33% in January),
those saying the country has pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track
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adults surveyed by telephone between February 3 and 7, 2006 by Harris
Interactive (R).

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The Harris Poll(R) #16, February 16, 2006
By Bill Dalbec, vice president, Public Affairs Research Group, Harris
Interactive(R)

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Congress's Job Approval Rating Unchanged Since January; Those Thinking Things
In the Country Have Gotten Off On the Wrong Track Increases

ROCHESTER , N. 17% in January),
there has been an increase in the percentage of adults mentioning healthcare
(11% in January and 20% currently), which is now clearly the second most
important issue the public feels the government should address.

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(X) = Not mentioned as specific issue.
(1) Including government/politics (nonspecific), housing, gun control,
issues involving children, corporate scandals /fraud, and programs for the
elderly (not Medicare/Social Security)

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted by telephone within the United States
between February 3 and 7, 2006 among a nationwide cross section of 1,002
adults (aged 18 and over). adult
population had been polled with complete accuracy.

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These are some of the results from the latest Harris Poll of 1,002 U. Even among
Republicans, just 35 percent rate Congress's job handling as positive, while
Independents (16%) and Democrats (22%) are less positive in their evaluation. While concern
about the economy remains virtually unchanged from January (15% currently
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S. In other findings, approval of the way Congress is handling its job
is unchanged, with a quarter (25%) of adults giving a positive rating and 71
percent giving a negative rating.

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* Conservatives hold a decidedly mixed view of the country's direction
(45% right direction, 47% wrong track ) while Independents (29% right
direction, 69% wrong track) and Democrats (12% right direction , 80%
wrong track) hold an overwhelmingly negative outlook.
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TABLE 1

PRESIDENT BUSH'S OVERALL JOB RATING

(Not Sure's Excluded)

"How would you rate the overall job President George W.html
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* While three-quarters (77%) of Republicans give the president positive
ratings, just a third (32%) of Independents and 16 percent of Democrats
are similarly predisposed. No
subgroups examined rate the job Congress is doing as positive.

* A majority of Republicans (58%) say things are headed in the right
direction, while only a quarter (25 %) of Independents and 15 percent of
Democrats say the same.

TABLE 6

RIGHT DIRECTION OR WRONG TRACK - BY PARTY ID AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

(No Opinion's, Not Sure's and Decline to Answer's Excluded)

"Generally speaking , would you say things in the country are going in the
right direction or have they pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?"

Base: All Adults

Party ID Political Philosophy
Total Repub- Demo- Indep- Conse - Libe- Mode-
lican crat endent rvative ral rate
% % % % % % %
Right
direction 32 58 15 25 45 12 29
Wrong
track 59 31 79 65 47 80 61

TABLE 7

MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR GOVERNMENT to address

(Spontaneous , Unprompted Replies)

"What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to
address?"
Base: All Adults

94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99
Feb Feb April May Jan Feb
% % % % % %
(The) war X X X X X X
The economy
(non-specific) 12 7 14 8 9 7
Iraq / (Saddam
Hussein) * * * * * 1
Healthcare (not
Medicare) 45 25 16 10 11 12
Education 6 10 14 15 14 21
Taxes 6 12 11 14 16 12
Gas and oil prices X X X X X X
Federal budget
surplus/deficit 8 22 22 20 12 5
Terrorism X X X X X X
Immigration * 2 2 2 1 *
(Programs for) the
poor/ poverty 8 10 2 3 2 2
Social security x x X 6 6 24
Employment/jobs 14 10 9 5 3 4
Disaster relief/
Hurricane Relief x x x x x x
Energy X X X X X X
National security X X X X X 2
Domestic/social
issues (non-specific) 4 4 4 2 3 2
Medicare X X 3 4 5 5
Ethics in government * * * * * *
Homeland/domestic
security/public
safety X X X X X X
Environment 1 1 1 3 2 3
Crime/violence 36 21 16 19 13 8
Foreign policy
(non-specific) 4 2 3 3 5 4
Military/defense 2 1 1 2 2 2
Abortion 3 3 4 2 2 2
Welfare 7 16 13 14 8 4
Judicial/Legal Issues X X X X X X
Drugs 6 3 4 8 6 2
Honesty/Integrity /
Moral Values X X X X X X
Inflation X X X X X X
Same sex marriage/
rights X X X X X X
Peace/world peace/
nuclear arms 1 1 3 1 3 3
Homelessness - - 3 4 4 3
Medical research X X X X X X
School safety X X X X X X
Religion (decline of) * 1 * * 1 *
Anthrax/Biological
attack - - - - - -
Downsizing government X X X X X X
CIA leak x x x x x x
FEMA x x x x x x
Bush /president x x x x x x
Middle East peace
process between
Palestinians
and Israel X X X X X X
Human/civil/women's
rights 1 1 2 2 1 *
Family values
(decline of) * 2 2 2 1 2
Election/Voter reform X X X X X X
Other(1 ) 8 7 7 8 19 2
Not sure/refused/
no issue 8 7 7 9 12 16

'00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '04
Aug Dec Dec Jun Feb Oct
% % % % % %
(The) war X 12 18 8 13 35
The economy
(non-specific) 5 32 34 25 31 28
Iraq / (Saddam
Hussein ) - - 11 3 6 9
Healthcare (not
Medicare ) 15 5 10 14 16 18
Education 25 12 11 13 11 7
Taxes 13 6 5 11 5 8
Gas and oil prices X X X 1 * 1
Federal budget
surplus/deficit 4 1 1 4 5 2
Terrorism X 22 17 11 4 7
Immigration 1 1 1 2 1 2
(Programs for) the
poor/ poverty 3 1 2 3 2 *
Social security 16 3 2 4 2 4
Employment/jobs 4 7 8 8 16 10
Disaster relief/
Hurricane Relief x X x x x X
Energy X X X 1 * 1
National security 2 6 3 6 4 5
Domestic/social
issues (non-specific ) 2 2 2 1 4 2
Medicare 6 1 1 4 2 3
Ethics in government * 1 1 1 1 1
Homeland/domestic
security/public
safety X 8 9 3 8 6
Environment 3 1 3 2 4 1
Crime/violence 10 1 2 3 3 1
Foreign policy
(non-specific) 3 2 4 2 6 3
Military/defense 4 4 1 5 5 3
Abortion 6 1 1 1 3 4
Welfare 2 1 1 3 2 *
Judicial/Legal Issues X X X X X *
Drugs 5 2 3 3 3 *
Honesty/Integrity/
Moral Values X X X X X 2
Inflation X X X X X X
Same sex marriage/
rights X X X X 1 1
Peace/world peace/
nuclear arms 1 2 2 3 1 *
Homelessness 3 2 2 1 1 *
Medical research X X X 2 * 2
School safety X X X 2 * *
Religion (decline of ) 1 2 1 1 * 1
Anthrax/Biological
attack - 1 1 1 * X
Downsizing government 1 * X X 1 1
CIA leak x X x x x X
FEMA x X x x x X
Bush/president x X x x x X
Middle East peace
process between
Palestinians
and Israel X 2 2 2 * *
Human/civil/
women's rights 1 1 1 * * 1
Family values
(decline of) 1 * * 1 2 1
Election /Voter
reform X X 1 1 1 *
Other(1) 19 3 8 8 3 8
Not sure/refused/
no issue 18 11 10 12 15 9

'05 '05 '05 '05 '06 '06
Feb Jun Aug Nov Jan Feb
% % % % % %
(The) war 30 24 41 34 26 27
The economy
(non-specific) 11 18 19 13 17 15
Iraq / (Saddam
Hussein ) 11 7 6 13 7 5
Healthcare
(not Medicare ) 14 10 11 11 11 20
Education 7 7 8 10 6 8
Taxes 5 5 5 9 7 6
Gas and oil prices 1 6 10 8 2 2
Federal budget
surplus/deficit 10 4 2 7 4 2
Terrorism 4 6 7 6 4 6
Immigration 2 4 3 6 4 5
(Programs for) the
poor/ poverty 2 3 4 5 3 5
Social security 37 19 10 4 6 7
Employment/jobs 6 5 3 4 7 5
Disaster relief/
Hurricane Relief x x x 4 1 1
Energy 1 1 4 3 3 4
National security 4 3 2 3 2 2
Domestic/social issues
(non-specific ) 2 3 2 3 1 *
Medicare 3 2 2 3 3 5
Ethics in government * 1 1 3 1 1
Homeland/domestic
security/public
safety 3 3 2 2 2 3
Environment 1 2 3 2 1 2
Crime/violence * 2 3 2 2 1
Foreign policy
(non-specific) 3 2 2 2 3 3
Military /defense 3 2 1 2 4 3
Abortion 2 4 2 1 2 1
Welfare 1 1 3 1 2 1
Judicial/Legal Issues * * 2 1 * 1
Drugs * * 2 1 2 1
Honesty/Integrity/
Moral Values 1 * 2 1 * *
Inflation X X 1 1 1 1
Same sex marriage/
rights 1 * 1 1 1 *
Peace/world peace/
nuclear arms 1 2 1 1 2 1
Homelessness 1 1 1 1 4 1
Medical research 1 1 1 1 1 2
School safety - 1 1 1 * 1
Religion (decline of ) * 1 * 1 1 *
Anthrax/Biological
attack - 1 * 1 * X
Downsizing government * 1 * 1 1 *
CIA leak x x x 1 X X
FEMA x x x 1 * *
Bush/president x x x 1 1 1
Middle East peace
process between
Palestinians
and Israel * * 1 * * 1
Human/civil/
women's rights 1 1 1 * 1 1
Family values
(decline of) - 1 1 * * *
Election /Voter reform X * 1 * 1 1
Other(1) 21 2 1 1 3 5
Not sure/refused/
no issue 7 14 8 6 6 6

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TABLE 2

CONGRESS' OVERALL JOB RATING

(Not Sure's Excluded)

"How would you rate the overall job the Congress is doing - excellent, pretty
good, only fair, or poor?"

Base: All Adults

TREND Positive(*) Negative(**)
2006 February % 25 71
January % 25 72

(*)Positive = excellent or pretty good.

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These figures are
slightly less positive compared to our January pre-speech measure of his job
performance , for which his rating was 43 percent positive and 56 percent
negative. However, adults think the state of the
country has weakened slightly, with 32 percent saying things are going in the
right direction, and 59 percent saying things have pretty seriously gotten off
on the wrong track (compared to 33% and 54%, respectively in January).
adults rate the job Congress is doing (25% positive and 71% negative).

Right direction or wrong track
While the percentage of adults who say the country is going in the right
direction is virtually unchanged from January (32% now vs.

* Adults without a high school diploma (28% right direction, 65% wrong
track) have the most negative opinion, while postgraduate degree
holders(1) (39% and 54%) are more positive .

(1)Very small base.

TABLE 3

JOB RATINGS - BY PARTY ID AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

(Not Sure 's Excluded)

"How would you rate the job (President George W.

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, Any benefit President Bush may
have gained from his State of the Union speech did not last long enough to be
measured in the latest Harris Poll, as 40 percent of U.

Important issues
As it has since October 2004, concern about "the war" continues to
dominate the issue agenda, with 27 percent of U. Sampling error for the sub-
sample results is higher and varies.

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adults rate his job
performance positively, and 58 percent rate it negatively..

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Congressional ratings
The latest Harris Poll shows no change in the past month in how U. Figures for age, sex , race, education, and region
were weighted where necessary to align them with their actual proportions in
the population.
In theory, with a probability sample of this size, one can say with 95
percent certainty that the overall results have a sampling error of plus or
minus 3 percentage points of what they would be if the entire U.org/mediareg/
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The poll also shows, as we have often noted in past , the president's
job approval ratings differ significantly across party lines and political
ideology .
(**)Negative = only fair or poor.
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There are substantial differences in opinion by gender, education, party
identification, and political ideology.

TABLE 4

RIGHT DIRECTION OR WRONG TRACK

(No Opinion's, Not Sure's and Decline to Answer's Excluded)

"Generally speaking, would you say things in the country are going in the
right direction or have they pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?"

Base: All Adults

TREND Right Direction Wrong Track
2006 February % 32 59
January % 33 54
2005 November % 27 68
August % 37 59
June % 38 55
January % 46 48
2004 September % 38 57
June % 35 59
2003 December % 35 57
June % 44 51
2002 December % 36 57
June % 46 48
2001 December % 65 32
June % 43 52
January % 46 39
2000 October % 50 41
June % 40 51
January % 50 38
1999 June % 37 55
March % 47 45
1998 December % 43 51
June % 48 44
1997 December % 39 56
April % 36 55
1996 December % 38 50
June % 29 64
1995 December % 26 62
June % 24 65
1994 December % 29 63
June % 28 65

TABLE 5

RIGHT DIRECTION OR WRONG TRACK - BY GENDER AND EDUCATION

(No Opinion's, Not Sure's and Decline to Answer's Excluded)

"Generally speaking , would you say things in the country are going in the
right direction or have they pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?"

Base: All Adults

Gender
Total Men Women

% % %
Right direction 32 39 26
Wrong track 59 54 63

Education
Total Some High Some College Post-
High School College Graduate graduate (*)
School Graduate
% % % % % %
Right
direction 32 28 33 29 35 39
Wrong track 59 65 55 61 58 54

(* ) Very small base.harrispollonline.

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Presidential ratings
While The Harris Poll(R) finds that President Bush's job approval ratings
have fallen off slightly from January , the current ratings match the figures
from August 2005, and are substantially better than his worst ratings measured
last November when he was rated only 34 percent positive and 65 percent
negative . Bush/Congress) is doing -
excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?"

Base: All Adults

Party ID

Total Republican Democrat Independent
% % % %
President Bush
Positive(*) 40 77 16 32
Negative(**) 58 22 82 64
Congress
Positive(*) 25 35 22 16
Negative(**) 71 62 72 79

Political Philosophy

Total Conservative Liberal Moderate
% % % %
President Bush
Positive(*) 40 61 16 33
Negative(**) 58 39 80 67
Congress
Positive(*) 25 34 15 22
Negative(**) 71 63 79 76

(*)Positive = excellent or pretty good.,
for likely voters).org/events/AM05program.