Barely half say Bush should be re-elected

MSNBC.com ^ | Jan. 14, 2004 | Alex Johnson

[Optimist]

MSNBC Headline: Barely half say Bush should be re-elected

MSNBC Article: former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean would just barely run the strongest against Bush, who would beat him by 54 percent to 37 percent.

MSNBC Conclusion:42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does

My Analysis: (Although Clinton who was elected with about 42% was praised by the left) Bush who only wins by a 50% margin over his closest competitor with a 54-37 margin (even though only 51% think he deserves re-election) is denegrated

My Conclusion: MSNBC is showing their bias spinning a Bush supportive poll as negative for Bush but in reality a catastrophe for the Democrats

[JohnnyZ]

Barely half. Holy crap. That's more disgusting than usual.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Well, you know at least 5% of that number are the "Real Conservatives" who routinely cut off their noses to spite their faces.

[dead]

Americans never like who wins American Idol either, and they pick the winner there too!

We are a nation of morons, excluding myself.

[Mentos]

A lot of naysayers consider MSNBC to be half-retarded, but I prefer to think of them as half-coherent.

[zencat]

Should that be OVER half.

[Howlin]

They left out the part where Bush beats every single one of the Dwarves by between 17 to 21 percent.

[The South Texan]

Can somebody post the 2004 electoral vote map with all of the states red (Bush) and only Vermont blue(Dean).

[Pubbie]

My God that "Unnamed Democrat" beats the crap out of Bush - too bad he isn't running:

"The poll found that 42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does."

[Optimist]

They left out the part where Bush beats every single one of the Dwarves by between 17 to 21 percent.

Bush = 54 percent
Dean = 37 percent
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wins by 17 percentage points
in other words 17 points above the 37 Dean gets
or about 50% more votes than Dean ----and he's the best they have

[ambrose]

Barely half of Americans say President Bush deserves to be re-elected, but they are even less enthusiastic about his Democratic challengers

[Polybius]

The poll found that 42 percent believe the president does not deserve to return to office, compared with 51 percent who think he does.

Traditionally, 51% to 42% is considered a landslide.

[dead]

Maybe Dean will run with a paper bag over his head, like The Unknown Comic.

Couldn't hurt.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Americans never like who wins American Idol either

Clay was robbed!

[the Real fifi]

Must be New Math. In the Old Math 51% is a majority.

[Howlin]

Won't help.

In December '02, Bush would have beaten a "generic candidate" by 7 percent.

Today it's up to 10 percent.

BTW, for those who love records, this "barely half" is far and above the numbers Bill Clinton had at this point in his term; better than Reagan, in fact. According to Brit Hume.

[Howlin]

By any chance, do you have the numbers Brit Hume quoted on his show last night (Tuesday)?

[Pubbie]

And remember that this poll traditionally skews left so Bush probably does even better.

The most reliable poll is Gallup which shows Bush getting 59% in a matchup with Howie.

[Az Joe]

7-8 point popular vote win, 40 states, 400 EVs = Landslide

[Howlin]

Traditionally, 51% to 42% is considered a landslide.

Factoring in errors, it could be

54 to 39 percent.