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Poll Bad News for Bush on Social Security

As President Bush campaigns to change Social Security, he needs to win over independents, married women and Southerners - people who tend to support him on terrorism but have indicated doubts about his plans for the retirement program.

A majority of Americans, 56 percent, say they disapprove of Bush's handling of Social Security. A similar number in a recent AP poll opposed the creation of personal investment accounts, a proposal central to Bush's plans.

The war on terrorism was the principal theme of Bush's re-election campaign, but in the early days of his second term he has focused on Social Security. Some polls indicate he's been losing ground on that issue.