It has been a busy week for presidential approval polls. Newsweek is the latest to report. Their survey taken 8/1/07 finds approval at 29% and disapproval at 63%. This is Newsweek's second consecutive poll at 29%, but up from the two previous Newsweek polls both at 26%.
With the new data the approval trend estimate stands at 30.7%.
None of the diagnostics change significantly since the previous approval updates this week
here and
here, which offer more discussion of recent trends and the timing of the recent upturn in approval.