-—Two years out President H.W. Bush had a 92% approval rating...yet he lost.-—
Two years out from what? Bush’s approval hit 92% in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 - Three years from the 2004 election. Two years prior to the ‘04 vote he was at 65% and two years prior to the ‘08 election he was hovering around 35%.
Link: http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm
“-—Two years out President H.W. Bush had a 92% approval rating...yet he lost.-—
Two years out from what? Bush’s approval hit 92% in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 - Three years from the 2004 election. Two years prior to the ‘04 vote he was at 65% and two years prior to the ‘08 election he was hovering around 35%.”
Helps to read the post ...............
HW Bush is Pappy Bush (1992)....Who had a 92% Job approval because of the First Gulf War in Kuwait....... This overwhelming popularity was turned around by a shallow cyclical resession, and the mumblings of Ross Perot that split the conservative vote thereby handing the leection to Clinton who gained the Presidency with a mere plurality......
I’m sorry, it’s hard to keep all the Bush’s straight.
Thanks for your information on W.’s numbers, he was not the Bush I was talking about. I referenced poppa Bush. My point stands.
I was speaking about poll numbers two years out from the next presidential election. The two examples I used show how meaningless they can be.
My point is, people should not base who they support on what some polls are saying now, as they are easily manipulated to get whatever result is wanted, and this far out the public’s opinion can change dramatically.
People putting a lot of stock in opinion polls need to watch this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgyKpkLpccE