Bush August Approval in Missouri: 35%

35 percent of Missourians polled in the August SurveyUSA tracking poll approve of the job President Bush is doing.

The poll of 600 Missourians was taken Aug. 10-Aug. 12.

It's a two-point drop for the President since the July poll, and a 5-point slide since Bush's 40% rating in February.

But just 23% of the people surveyed in the poll identified themselves as "Republicans," as opposed to the breakdown of 36% independents, and 33% Democrats.

Here's a bit of a surprise: Bush gets his strongest rating in central Missouri, where 53% of respondents give him the nod. Here in the Ozarks, Bush logs in at 44%.