CNN.com – Poll: Majority of voters would not re-elect Bush – Nov. 8, 2003

A poll released Saturday finds that more registered voters want to see President Bush voted out than kept in office in the next election….

In the Newsweek poll, 50 percent of registered voters who were queried said they do not want to see Bush re-elected, while 44 percent said they do. …

51 percent of the respondents said they disapprove of Bush’s handling of Iraq — the highest Newsweek’s polls have ever shown — while 42 percent said they approve. …

Forty-four percent said they approve of the way Bush is handling the economy — up six points from the magazine’s previous poll a month ago. Forty-eight percent said they disapprove.

Poll shows independents leaning against Bush re-election

A majority of independents, 53 percent, said they oppose Bush’s re-election, while 40 percent favor it, according to the Newsweek poll. Republicans favor his re-election by an 86-10 margin, while Democrats oppose it by the same amount.