
President Bush's approval rating has leveled out after a month of sharp decline. Four new polls, by ABC/Washington Post, Pew, Newsweek and Time find approval at 40%, 41%, 35% and 37% respectively. This puts the trend estimate at 38.1, a small upturn from the last estimate at 37.4%.
While stopping the decline, approval well below 40% is historically quite low and is almost certainly taking a toll on Republican candidates.
The trends of the four polls are shown individually below.

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