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Edited on Tue Dec-16-03 08:33 PM by kainah
What question are they asking? Who are they polling? What's the margin of error? Some are good, some are ridiculous. More importantly, watch the trend.
From recent polls, here are some potentially important findings: *'s poll ratings go up and down, swinging wildly with events. This indicates that many people do not have a firm opinion of him. This is UNLIKE Bill Clinton whose poll ratings remained remarkably stable no matter what new "scandal" broke about him.
* has among the highest ever re-elect (will definitely vote for) ratings among his base. He is right up there with Reagan and Eisenhower. HOWEVER, he also has the highest recorded "will definitely NOT vote for him" ratings ever recorded. This means he has a very high floor of support but also a very low ceiling to expand. In fact, there may only be about 10% of the public who are willing to consider voting for him but are not already committed to doing so. That is opposed to about twice as many who are willing to consider voting for a generic Dem but are not yet committed to doing so.
Those kinds of polls, IMHO, are very significant. They tell you where the weaknesses are, where the strategy to defeat should be focused.
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