Tuesday, June 22, 2004
The Reagan Bounce Stops Bouncing...
ABC News, which always skews to the high side for Bush's approval rating, is now the first to show that the bounce Bush received from Ronald Reagan's death has evaporated after less than 2 weeks...
Here's the data:
Election 2004
Kerry 48 (46)
Bush 44 (46)
Nader 6 (4)
Kerry 53 (49)
Bush 45 (47)
Bush's approval ratings
Approve 47 (47)
Disapprove 51 (50)
Here's a fairly telling statistic:
But Kerry is scoring against Bush elsewhere as well, running ahead in trust to handle five of nine issues tested in this poll, from taxes to education to health care; Bush doesn't lead significantly in any of them. And personally, while Americans broadly see Bush as more consistent, they see Kerry as more honest and trustworthy, by a 13-point margin, and more in touch with their problems, by 20 points.
I think DailyKos put it best: Given a choice between a liar and a flip-flopper, give me the flip-flopper any day...
UPDATE: Check out MSNBC's coverage of this poll, including one of the funniest pictures I've ever seen...Constipation got you down???
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