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Poll: Social Security plan support drops
By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Only one in three Americans approve of President Bush's handling of Social Security, his lowest rating on the issue since he took office.
A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll conducted Friday-Sunday found that 35% approved of Bush's Social Security record, 56% disapproved and 9% had no opinion. That was down from three weeks ago, when 43% approved. In March 2001, just after he took office, 49% approved
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By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer Fri May 6, 2:40 PM ET
WASHINGTON -
President Bush is pushing for dramatic changes to the nation's policy on
Social Security at a time the public is grouchy about the nation's direction, skeptical about his proposed solutions and sharply divided along partisan lines, an AP-Ipsos poll found.
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"I approve — except that he's not getting anywhere," John Rose, a retiree from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. said of Bush's Social Security proposals. "He should be doing a better job of selling it."
Six in 10 disapprove of the president's handling of Social Security after Bush spent the last two months campaigning across the nation for the changes.
A week ago, the president tried to build some momentum for his proposal by asking future middle- and higher-income retirees to accept smaller benefit checks than they're currently slated to receive as part of a package to keep the system solvent. His proposal would call for benefits for low-income workers to "grow faster than for people who are better off."
The poll found 56 percent of respondents are not willing to give up some promised benefits, while 40 percent say they are. Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents are opposed to that proposal.
Bush says that younger workers in particular could offset the loss with proceeds from the private investment accounts he wants to establish. Bush has said the current program will not change for workers age 55 and older.
The president is trying to sell these dramatic changes at a time of public anxiety about the nation's direction. Almost six in 10, 59 percent, said the country is headed down the wrong track.
Bush's job approval is at 47 percent with 51 percent disapproving, and his approval on areas like handling
Iraq, the economy and assorted domestic issues is in the low 40s.
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Poll: Bush's Social Security Plan Is Tough Sell
President's Job Approval Steady, But Most Americans Don't Like His Social Security Plans
President Bush discusses his Social Security reform proposals
President Bush shares his Social Security reform proposals with an audience in Shreveport, La., on March 11, 2005. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Analysis by GARY LANGER
March 14, 2005 — President Bush's Social Security road show is playing to a tough audience: Not only do most Americans oppose his effort to revamp the retirement system, but nearly six in 10 in a new poll also say that the more they hear about it, the less they like it.
In the midst of a 60-day drive by Bush to build public support for his Social Security initiative, this ABC News/Washington Post poll shows no movement in Bush's direction. Americans oppose his plans by 55 percent to 37 percent, and the intensity of sentiment is against him: Those who are "strongly" opposed outnumber strong supporters by a 2-to-1 margin.
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Just 10 percent rate Social Security as the top priority for Bush and Congress, placing it last of five issues tested. Only 35 percent approve of Bush's handling of the issue, a career low. And by a 12-point margin, 49 percent to 37 percent, the public better trusts the Democrats in Congress to handle Social Security, unchanged since Bush began the policy push in mid-January.
Bush's Social Security Proposals
Support 37%
Strongly 16
Somewhat 21
Oppose 55
Strongly 35
Somewhat 20
The results run counter to the administration's claims that fuller information will turn opinion.
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Poll: Support wanes for Bush's Social Security plan
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Posted: 7:05 PM EST (0005 GMT)
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President Bush promotes his Social Security reforms in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Support for President Bush's proposal to revamp Social Security -- allowing younger workers to invest part of their Social Security taxes in private retirement accounts -- is sliding, according to a poll out Tuesday.
In the CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of 909 adult Americans taken Friday through Sunday, 40 percent approved of President Bush's approach to Social Security and 53 percent disapproved. The question had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points.
When the polling question did not mention cutting benefits, Bush's proposal drew 45 percent support and 47 percent opposition. It was posed to 466 people, carrying a 4.5 percentage point margin of error.
But when 443 of the 909 polled were asked whether they supported private retirement accounts in exchange for a reduction of guaranteed retirement benefits, support fell to 33 percent, while opposition rose to 59 percent. The question had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
Tuesday's poll is the latest to show falling public support for Bush's Social Security proposal.
In a poll taken February 7-10, 36 percent of those surveyed supported individual accounts even if that meant benefit cuts, while 60 percent opposed them.
In polls conducted February 4-6 and January 7-9, 40 percent supported the plan under those circumstances, while 55 percent opposed it.
