While President Bush has sterling approval ratings from the American public, his administration faces a potential credibility crisis on how it handles questions about the Enron bankruptcy.
BUSH APPROVAL RATINGS
Question asked: Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
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Approve Disapprove Don’t know
Feb. 21-25, 2001 55% 23% 22% (1,050)
March 22-25 58% 33% (903)
April 19-22 63% 32% (1,350)
May 31-June 3 55% 40% (1,004)
July 26-30 59% 38% (1,352)
Sept. 6-9 55% 41% (1,009)
Sept. 13 86% 12% (609)
Sept. 25-27 90% 6% (1,215)
Oct. 8-9 92% 6% (1,009)
Nov. 5-6 89% 9% (756)
Nov. 27 89% 9% (759)
( ) = Number of respondents for each poll
Source: ABC News/ Washington Post polls
ENRON CONCERNS
Question asked:
How important an issue do you think the collapse of Enron Corp.
is to the nation?
Great importance: 39%
Some importance: 44%
Very little importance: 8%
Don’t know: 9%
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– When it comes to the dealings with Enron executives prior to Enron’s bankruptcy, do you think members of the Bush Administration are telling the entire truth, are mostly telling the truth but hiding some-thing, or are they mostly lying?
Mostly lying: 9%
Hiding something: 58%
Telling the entire truth: 17%
Don’t know: 16%
Source: CBS News/New York Times poll of 1,034 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 21-24.
Margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points
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