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February 06, 2004
Dean | Dean's Real Problem

Nobody likes him. In a poll of the Wisconsin electorate (a must win state) Dean’s favorability rating was only 18% while Kerry’s was 42%. Favorability is always a tricky poll, but a 24 point spread demands a negative interpretation. FYI: Bush’s rating is 54% in the same poll.

(Source: Univ. of Wisconsin Poll — Download pdf here … see page 4 for favorability data)



Posted by Mike Van Winkle at February 6, 2004 08:26 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Jeff Jarvis: “I’m ODed on commentary about why Dean blew up. It couldn’t be simpler: The voters didn’t want him.”

Posted by: michele at February 6, 2004 09:14 AM

“That’s it? That was your whole plan?… ‘Get her!’?” (Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, after they run screaming out of the New York Public Library).

‘Get him!’ That was Dean’s whole plan.

Posted by: JK at February 6, 2004 09:24 AM

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