If everybody hates Bush as president so much how come he got voted back in for a second term?

Answer 1

Yes there you have it sista! This yahoo answering thing has been overrun by libs and democrats. That may seem the whole majority of the United States, but actually it's because Liberals run the whole media thing and place their opinions about Bush in it. These crap heads think their rebels by dissing our president and allowing themselves to get brainwashed by the fat assed Liberals. I would like to see them try and be president for a while and see how far they get. They'd have to do at least 1/4 of what President Bush does to be a decent person. But nope, they roll around in their hypocrisy trying to lay blame on whatever they can.

Answer 2

Before the second election, the Republicans were afraid that the fact that the popular vote problem from the first election would come back as a major issue. They conjured many other issues just before the election to divert the public's attention from this and other important issues such as the war in Iraq and the White House's perpetual secrecy about everything. This has been done many times before, especially the Clintons.
It was also easy to attack John Kerry and the Democrats as they rarely have a strong platform to campaign on. Democrats think that their social ideals are too far fetched for simple everyday Americans. While their economic ideas are usually radical enough to get the country's economy moving in the right direction(see FDR during the dpression and Bill Clinton during the recession from the first Bush) they seem unable to stabilize a campaign on these issues and get lost.
Also, remeber that big tax cut that was promised by the Republicans just before the November elections, where is yours? I would gladly give mine back, if I could remeber getting it, to pay down the 9 trillion dollar national debt.
By the way, I am not a Democrat or a Republican, just a registered voter that watches and happens to think about all cirumstances before circling a name, not just party affiliation.

Answer 3

He "won" -- dubious at best -- by .7% of the vote. Not exactly a mandate. That came out to approximately 3 million votes. The Religious Right mobilized 4 million voters who are non-voters to vote for Bush as the representative of God in American politics. Bush does not have a mandate.

Answer 4

A good question. The reality is that the US rarely fails to re-elect a sitting US President during a war, even if it is one that is debatable for us to be in. Another cause is that the Democratic candidate in 2004, John Kerry, failed to impress the voters that things would really be different as far as the war was concerned. And I believe Iraq was the main issue. In our two party system, we are limited to two electable choices from a practical std pt. This is not what our founding fathers intended

Answer 5

John Kerry may have seemed worse to some. And a lot of people liked Bush then, including me. This was before the illegal wiretapping program, the war seemed like it could end, the potential civil war in Iraq, before the Israel-Hezbollah stuff, before his signing statements undermining the checks and balances, and all that other stuff. If he was up for relection again NOW, there is no way he would make it.

Answer 6

America is a Democraitc Republic. That means you vote for someone to represent you in government, and they choose the president. If they get influenced by corporate interests, they vote for their interests.
That's why me, an injured worker in America, cannot get medical treatment, or a fair and speedy trial.
Learn who's really in charge. It's a long journey.

Answer 7

Not everyone hates Bush. There a lot of people that like him. The trouble is all you hear is the ones that are the ones who are complaining. Has he made all his decisions perfectly? No, but no Democrat could have done any better, maybe not as good as he has.

Answer 8

He won the election because of the huge amount of voters in the bible belt states voted for him. They do not like the liberal democrates, the christian right favored Bush because of his position on abortions etc, marriage between men and women and not gays etc. He just vetoed stem cell research because of his faith. Take away those votes from the SE Bible states and he would have lost to Kerry.

Answer 9

That question is pretty irrelevant when you look at the fact that the american populous never elected him in the first place. If the people of this country had been heard the first time, he would have never made it to president. Its awful hard to ask the country to "switch horses" in the middle of a war.

Answer 10

Money controls everything in this country. The people who have it can influence others to vote the way they want them to. I'm assuming Hillary will win the next election because Rupert Murdoch wants her to. Fox news will turn suit in the run up to the presidential election...