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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2007-07-02 06:10 pm
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The irredeemable 27 percent

Found via Making Light, a 2005 post on Kung Fu Monkey that's become relevant again as Bush's poll numbers have broken the 30-percent barrier (traveling downward, I mean) in several major polls.

[identity profile] radtea.livejournal.com 2007-07-03 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
Fascinating--it would appear that there really is a strong floor at about 25%. Nixon managed to get as low as 22 or 23 percent, but that is within error of 25.

Ergo, once a president has an approval rating of less than 30%, the people who still support him will continue to do so no matter what.

Conversely, if Bush's popularity were to fall below 20% it would be a clear declaration that even crazy Americans realize how much damage he has done to your nation.