{"id":2748,"date":"2008-12-27T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2008-12-27T01:25:09","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T06:25:09","slug":"2748","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2008\/12\/27\/2748\/","title":{"rendered":"final campaign? not so much…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Gallup Poll as of Dec 26, 2008<\/sup><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Sep 11, 2001<\/td>\nThe attack on the Twin Towers in New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mar 20, 2003<\/td>\nThe American Invasion of Iraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dec 13, 2003<\/td>\nSaddam Hussein captured in Iraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


Gallup Poll as of Dec 26, 2008<\/sup><\/p>\n

It’s the top line on the bottom graph that holds my attention. It’s hard for me to grasp. I certainly don’t accept that it simply means what it says, that two thirds of Republicans still believe that George W. Bush’s performance as President has been acceptable. That’s too much of a stretch.<\/p>\n

One possibility is that Republicans who became disapproving responded to the poll  by also changing to Independents. Unfortunately, the Raw Data for Gallup polls isn’t published so I can’t check that hypothesis. Another more likely hypothesis is that the poll is measuring something else. – the fraction of Republicans that are terrified of Democrats being in power. Who might they be? I would guess the Religious Right who are focused only on Abortion and Homosexuality, the people whose lives revolve around the National Rifle Association, and the Business Conservatives and their super-rich clients. What they are likely "approving of" are Bush’s ideological positions rather than his performance in office. Furthermore … <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2nd Term, Final Month<\/u><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bush<\/td>\n29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinton<\/td>\n63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reagan<\/td>\n63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnson<\/td>\n44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eisenhower<\/td>\n59%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Truman<\/td>\n32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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even with his holding onto whatever the Republican Approval Ratings actually mean, he still takes the booby prize…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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