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January 21, 2004
| Gallup Watch: State of the Union Numbers

A Gallup “instant-reaction” poll of Americans who watched President Bush’s State of the Union address last night turns out some upbeat numbers for the White House, but not as upbeat as his post-9/11 or pre-Iraq War speeches:

Overall, 76% of speech watchers say their reaction to the speech is positive, with 45% saying “very” positive.
Last year, 84% said positive, with 50% very positive.
Two years ago, 94% were positive, with 74% very positive.

The reaction to his proposals was good, as well. Gallup found that 70 percent of Americans polled believe his policies will “move the country in the right direction,” while 26 percent think otherwise. That’s about the same as a year ago. And 29 percent who watched the speech say they have more confidence Bush can move the economy in the right direction, while nine percent who watched it think he’ll move it in the wrong direction.

Key demographic: More Republicans watched the speech than Democrats.

(Cross-posted at Late Final.)



Posted by latefinal at January 21, 2004 05:52 AM | TrackBack
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You should post the CP SOTU chat log for the sake of completeness.

Posted by: CERDIP at January 21, 2004 12:53 PM

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