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Article: Minnesota Poll; Bush's job rating drops to a low; At 42 percent, the president's approval in the state is down 9 points since January.(NEWS)(Minnesota Poll)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 14, 2005
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Byline: Rob Hotakainen; Paul Sand; Staff Writers
Washington, D.C. ` -- With a rising number of Minnesotans unhappy about the nation's direction, President Bush's job-approval rating in the state hit an all-time low of 42 percent last week, according to the latest Star Tribune Minnesota Poll.
It's the lowest job-approval rating for a president in the Minnesota Poll in more than 12 years.
The poll found Minnesotans in a sour mood about the direction of the country:
Fifty-five percent said the country has gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track, a 6 percentage point increase in four months.
Overall, the president's job-approval rating in Minnesota has ...