Bush performance ratings by Americans polarized by income status

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/

Exit poll data

VOTE BY INCOME

Less Than $50,000
44% Bush

55% Kerry

$50,000 or More
56% Bush

43% Kerry

VOTE BY EDUCATION

No High School
49% Bush

50% Kerry
H.S. Graduate
52% Bush

47% Kerry

College Graduate
52% Bush

46% Kerry

Anybody surprised with this?

Gloomy Mood Partly Tied to Income Levels, Bloomberg Poll Finds

By Heidi Przybyla

March 14 (Bloomberg) -- How gloomy Americans are about the direction
of the country and President George W. Bush's leadership depends on
how much money they make.

Twenty-three percent of all Americans said the country is on the right
track, a 15-year low, according to a new Bloomberg poll. Among those
with higher incomes, 43 percent said the country is on the right path.
Three-fifths of Americans disapproved of the job Bush is doing,
compared with 38 percent who approved. Among those with household
income higher than $100,000, the gap is smaller, with 53 percent
disapproving and 46 percent approving. .....

Economic Performance

Wealthier Americans also have a more favorable opinion of Bush's
handling of the economy, with 52 percent approving of Bush's record
while just 43 percent of all Americans approve.

On the Iraq war, more high earners approved of Bush's policies and
they were significantly more critical of a Democratic plan to withdraw
troops by March of next year. Forty- nine percent of high earners
oppose the plan, to just 39 percent of all Americans.