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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on August 28, 2010, 09:07:38 AM

Title: Polling on the Spill (Bush outpolls Obama on leadership)
Post by: bijou on August 28, 2010, 09:07:38 AM

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The oil spill in the Gulf may be mostly out of the headlines now but Louisiana voters aren't getting any less mad at Barack Obama about his handling of it. Only 32% give Obama good marks for his actions in the aftermath of the spill, while 61% disapprove.

Louisianans are feeling more and more that George W. Bush's leadership on Katrina was better than Obama's on the spill. 54% think Bush did the superior job of helping the state through a crisis to 33% who pick Obama. That 21 point margin represents a widening since PPP asked the same question in June and found Bush ahead by a 15 point margin. Bush beats Obama 87-2 on that score with Republicans and 42-30 with independents, while Obama has just a 65-24 advantage with Democrats. ...

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/08/polling-on-spill.html

Fits in well with Miskie's base theory (http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,47954.0.html)

Title: Re: Polling on the Spill (Bush outpolls Obama on leadership)
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on August 28, 2010, 02:32:25 PM

I'd be curious to see the demographics on those who approve.

Title: Re: Polling on the Spill (Bush outpolls Obama on leadership)
Post by: thundley4 on August 28, 2010, 06:36:35 PM

Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on August 28, 2010, 02:32:25 PM

I'd be curious to see the demographics on those who approve.

That was a rhetorical statement, right?