Pretty Only TABLE 2 POSITIVE RATINGS: TRENDS SINCE 9/11/01: SUMMARY. April Nov Feb. 2005

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1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TABLE 1 CURRENT RATINGS OF PRESIDENT, SENIOR CABINET MEMBERS AND PARTIES IN CONGRESS How would you rate the job (READ ITEM) are/is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor? Excellent Pretty Only Not Poor Good Fair Sure % Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice President George W. Bush Democrats in Congress Vice President Dick Cheney Republicans in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Defense Secretary Robert Gates Congress House Minority Leader John Boehner Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell *Positive = excellent or pretty good **Negative = only fair or poor POSITIVE RATINGS Soon After 9/11 TABLE 2 POSITIVE RATINGS: S SINCE 9/11/01: SUMMARY Feb April 2003 Feb Nov Feb April 2005 Nov Mar 2006 Sept Feb April 2007 % President George W Bush Vice President Dick Cheney Secretary of State Condoleezza ** ** ** ** ** Rice ** Not Applicable. The question was not asked July 2007

2 TABLE 3 PRESIDENT BUSH'S OVERALL JOB RATING Not Sure s Excluded "How would you rate the overall job President George W. Bush is doing as president excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?" 2007 July April February November October (10/25) October (10/13) September August July June May April March February January November August June April February November October September August June April February December October August June April February December November August May April February January December November October August June May March February 56 26

3 TABLE 4 RATINGS OF VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY "And how would you rate the job Vice President Cheney is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February September June March November August June April February November October August June April February December October August June April February December November October September August April March February October July TABLE 5 RATINGS OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES Not Sure s Excluded And how would you rate the job Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor? 2007 July April February 32 52

4 TABLE 6 RATINGS OF SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZZA RICE "And how would you rate the job Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February September June March November August June April February TABLE 7 RATINGS OF HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI "And how would you rate the job House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February TABLE 8 RATINGS OF SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID "And how would you rate the job Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February September June March August ***Prior to February, 2007, Sen. Reid was the Senate Minority Leader **Negative = only fair or poor

5 TABLE 9 RATINGS OF SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL "And how would you rate the job Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July February **Negative = only fair or poor TABLE 10 RATINGS OF HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JOHN BOEHNER "And how would you rate the job House Minority Leader John Boehner is doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July February September*** June March ***Prior to February, 2007, Rep Boehner was the House Majority Leader **Negative = only fair or poor TABLE 11 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?" 2007 July April February September May February January 25 72

6 TABLE 12 RATINGS OF REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS Not Sure s Excluded "And how would you rate the job Republicans in Congress are doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February November September June May March November August June April September August June April February December October August June April February August (low) January (high) October (high) August (low) May (low) February (high) October (low) September (high) June (low) February (high) June (low) February (high) May (low) January (high) November (low) April (high) 42 56

7 TABLE 13 RATINGS OF DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS Not Sure s Excluded "And how would you rate the job Democrats in Congress are doing excellent, pretty good, only fair or poor?" 2007 July April February November September June May March November August June April September August June April February December October August June April February August (low) January (high) October (high) May (low) September (high) June (low) October (low) January (high) September (high) June (low) June (low) February (high) May (high) January (low) November (high) July (low) December 28 70

8 TABLE 14 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?" Right Direction Wrong Track 2007 July April February November October September August June May April March February January November August June January September June December June December June December June October June June March December June December April December June December June December June June March October June January December January October February 48 43

9 Right Direction Wrong Track 1989 April January August April December May December April November September November May December January July January September February November 32 55

10 TABLE 13 MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS "What do you think are the two most important issues for the government to address?" Spontaneous, unprompted replies Base: All Adults May Jan Feb Aug Dec Dec June Oct Aug June Nov Feb April July (The) war X X X X Healthcare (not Medicare) Immigration 2 1 * Iraq / (Saddam Hussein) * * The economy (non-specific) Education Terrorism X X X X Foreign policy (non-specific) Taxes Gas and oil prices X X X X X X Employment/jobs Inflation X X X X X X X X Environment Domestic/social issues (nonspecific) Human/civil/women's rights 2 1 * * Social security Drugs * Military/defense Honesty/Integrity/Moral Values X X X X X X X * 1 * 2 Welfare * (Programs for) the poor/ poverty * Religion (decline of) * 1 * * Homeland/domestic security/public safety X X X X Second Amendment (right to bear arms) X * * * * X * * * * * * 2 1 Crime/violence School safety X X X X X X 2 * 1 1 * * 2 1 Energy X X X X X X Budget/Government spending X X X X X X X X X Medicare Abortion Peace/world peace/nuclear arms * Family values (decline of) * * Bush/president x x x X X x x X x X x * 1 1 National security X X Homelessness * Ethics in government * * * * * 1 1 Judicial/Legal Issues X X X X X X X * Middle East peace process between Palestinians and Israel X X X X * 1 * 1 * * 1 Disaster relief/hurricane Relief x x x X X x x X x 1 * 1 * 1 Same sex rights X X X X X X X * 1 * 1 Medical research X X X X X X * 1 1 * 1 Election/Voter reform X X X X X 1 1 * 1 * * 2 1 * Downsizing government X X X 1 * X X 1 * 1 * 1 1 * AIDS * 1 x * * * 2 x * * * 2 1 * FEMA x x x X X x x X x * x * * * Other Not sure/refused/no issue * = Less than 0.5%, X = Not mentioned as specific issue 1 Including government/politics (nonspecific), housing, Foreign Aid, trade, disability, promoting democracy, race relations, housing, Supreme Court, youth and programs for the elderly (not Medicare/Social Security)

11 Methodology The Harris Poll was conducted by telephone within the United States between July 6 and 9, 2007 among a nationwide cross section of 1,003 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region, number of adults in the household, size of place (urbanicity) and number of phone lines in the household were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. All surveys are subject to several sources of error. These include: sampling error (because only a sample of a population is interviewed); measurement error due to question wording and/or question order, deliberately or unintentionally inaccurate responses, nonresponse (including refusals), interviewer effects (when live interviewers are used) and weighting. With one exception (sampling error) the magnitude of the errors that result cannot be estimated. There is, therefore, no way to calculate a finite margin of error for any survey and the use of these words should be avoided. With pure probability samples, with 100 percent response rates, it is possible to calculate the probability that the sampling error (but not other sources of error) is not greater than some number. With a pure probability sample of 1,001, one could say with a ninety-five percent probability that the overall results would have a sampling error of +/-3 percentage points. However that does not take other sources of error into account. These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls. J31728 QA1, QA2, QA3 About Harris Interactive Harris Interactive is the 12th largest and fastest-growing market research firm in the world. The company provides innovative research, insights and strategic advice to help its clients make more confident decisions which lead to measurable and enduring improvements in performance. Harris Interactive is widely known for The Harris Poll, one of the longest running, independent opinion polls and for pioneering online market research methods. The company has built what it believes to be the world s largest panel of survey respondents, the Harris Poll Online. Harris Interactive serves clients worldwide through its United States, Europe and Asia offices, its wholly-owned subsidiaries Novatris in France and MediaTransfer AG in Germany, and through a global network of independent market research firms. More information about Harris Interactive may be obtained at become a member of the Harris Poll Online and be invited to participate in online surveys, register at Press Contact: Tracey McNerney Harris Interactive Harris Interactive Inc. 07/07