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September 30th, 2005, 04:37 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Different storm, different results for President Bush.
A poll released Thursday found the president is getting much better marks from the public for his handling of the response to Hurricane Rita than he did for Katrina late last month.
Katrina swept through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana in late August, wiping out cities along the Gulf Coast and flooding New Orleans. The Bush administration and state and local officials have been criticized for a sluggish response.
Seven in 10 respondents say they approve of Bush's response to Rita, while 22 percent disapprove, a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll found. Only 40 percent said they approve of his handling of Katrina, while 54 percent said they disapprove.
Bush's overall job approval, which has hovered around 40 percent in various polls taken in the middle of September, rose slightly from 40 percent to 45 percent in the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll and from 41 percent to 45 percent in a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll also released Thursday.
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A poll released Thursday found the president is getting much better marks from the public for his handling of the response to Hurricane Rita than he did for Katrina late last month.
Katrina swept through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana in late August, wiping out cities along the Gulf Coast and flooding New Orleans. The Bush administration and state and local officials have been criticized for a sluggish response.
Seven in 10 respondents say they approve of Bush's response to Rita, while 22 percent disapprove, a CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll found. Only 40 percent said they approve of his handling of Katrina, while 54 percent said they disapprove.
Bush's overall job approval, which has hovered around 40 percent in various polls taken in the middle of September, rose slightly from 40 percent to 45 percent in the CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll and from 41 percent to 45 percent in a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll also released Thursday.
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