Mathematically, the numbers are not unreasonable. If we assume the nation to be split roughly 50-50 between Rep and Dem, and if all the Dems are anti-Bush, and 76% of the Reps are pro-Bush, then a 37% pro-Bush figure for the whole country (Rep and Dem) makes perfect sense.

Or to put it another way, if we add up the anti-Bush percentages:

(0.5 x 1.0) + (0.5 x .24) = 0.38. The 1% failure to add up is probably due to the I-don't-knows, round-off error, and a few pro-Bush Dems. The fact is, having one-quarter of your own party against you when the country is as polarized as it is, is devastating.