On Fri, 19 May 2000, Carl Remick wrote:
> And Tony Blair has fared even worse. His net approval rating has
> collapsed from +34 points a year ago to only +1 now, with 44% of
> voters saying that they are satisfied with the job he is doing and 43%
> dissatisfied."
Of course, one thing to keep in mind that is that Blair won his present overwhelming mandate with 43% of the vote. The drop is from an astonishing post-election height back down to earth. (Ironically, that same percentage that gave Blair an overwhelming mandate gave Bill Clinton his first very fragile one. Institutions differ.)
On top of that, remember the polls in Bill's first midterm? Much worse than this. Mid-term polls are like that. And most are worse than Blair's. Compare him in context and the only weird thing is that he's still +1.
Michael __________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com