Presidential Approval (Demographic Patterns)

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling the job as President?

Presidential Approval by Gender (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
APPROVE	54.4% 308	45.8% 296	49.8% 604
DISAPPROVE	43.5% 246	51.7% 334	47.9% 580
DON'T KNOW	1.9% 11	2.3% 15	2.1% 26
REFUSED	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100% 566	100% 646	1212

Presidential Approval by Age (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	18-30	31-45	46-60	61+	TOTAL
APPROVE	40.9% 104	51.6% 164	55.0% 188	49.7% 148	49.8% 604
DISAPPROVE	58.3% 148	46.5% 148	42.4% 145	46.6% 139	47.9% 580
DON'T KNOW	0.8% 2	1.9% 6	2.3% 8	3.4% 10	2.1% 26
REFUSED	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100% 254	100% 318	100% 342	100% 298	1212

Presidential Approval by Denomination (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	Missing	TOTAL
APPROVE	61.5% 203	56.7% 122	26.7% 8	36.6% 83	188	51.9% 416
DISAPPROVE	36.7% 121	41.4% 89	73.3% 22	60.8% 138	210	46.1% 370
DON'T KNOW	1.2% 4	1.9% 4	0.0% 0	2.6% 6	12	1.7% 14
REFUSED	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100% 330	100% 215	100% 30	100% 227	410	802

Presidential Approval by Region (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	NORTHEAST	NORTH CENT	SOUTH	WEST	TOTAL
APPROVE	41.3% 90	52.9% 166	53.2% 222	47.9% 126	49.8% 604
DISAPPROVE	56.4% 123	44.6% 140	43.9% 183	51.0% 134	47.9% 580
DON'T KNOW	1.8% 4	2.5% 8	2.6% 11	1.1% 3	2.1% 26
REFUSED	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100% 218	100% 314	100% 417	100% 263	1212

Presidential Approval by Church attendance (American National Election Studies, 2004)

	Yes	No	Missing	TOTAL
APPROVE	51.8% 418	46.1% 185	1	49.9% 603
DISAPPROVE	46.2% 373	50.9% 204	3	47.8% 577
DON'T KNOW	1.7% 14	3.0% 12	0	2.2% 26
REFUSED	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100% 807	100% 401	4	1208

Notes

American National Election Studies, 2004: From the ANES website (http://www.umich.edu/~nes/studypages/2004prepost/2004prepost.htm): The study, in part, maintains and extends the core of the NES time-series by collecting data on Americans’ basic political beliefs, allegiances, and behaviors. It contains special instrumentation on American’s views on foreign policy, the war on terrorism, and the Iraq War and its consequences. It extends the experiment on the measurement of voter turnout begun in 2002, and carries expanded instrumentation on inflation, immigration, gender politics, and gay and lesbian politics. It also includes the Comparative Studies of Electoral System’s Module 2, which focuses on representation and accountability. The data also contains several religion variables, including questions about prayer frequency, importance of religion, attendance at religious services, and belief in the Bible.