Good News, Bad News: Reagan and Hillary
A couple polls are in and caught my attention. One brings good news, the other bad. Since I always ask for the bad news first, that's the order I'll give it to you.
Bad news first: According to a poll conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, 81% of voters surveyed would vote for a woman for president. This is not the bad news. The bad news is that 53% of the voters surveyed think that Hillary RodHam should run for president, whereas only 37% think she shouldn't. Read this article for further details.
Of course, this isn't devestating news. Keep in mind Dean's huge popularity before the primaries and his eventual embarassment.
The good news: According to people surveyed in a Gallup poll, Ronald Reagan is considered the "greatest president ever". One in five people selected Reagan. One in seven must have felt dizzy and selected Clinton. Top five results:
- 20%: Reagan
- 15%: Clinton
- 14%: Lincoln
- 12%: FDR
- 12%: JFK
Of course, a poll like this proves nothing about these presidents other than their popularity or current "approval rating." Still, I've no idea why the original "G. W." didn't make the list. Despite the trend of people picking more recent presidents, this does indicate a large posthumous jump in popularity for Reagan. But really, do we really need to qualify Reagan's popularity after the 1984 election? (See the RED/blue map as a reference.)
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on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005 at 18:38 by Novac and is filed under All, Politics.
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