[lbo-talk] partisan divide

[Jim Devine]

Also, weren't there a lot of people who strongly supported Stevenson
because they saw him as continuing the New Deal tradition, with Ike
not doing so (and associated with Tricky Dick)? So AES's candidacy may
have contributed to the polarization?

On 2/3/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> >
> >>State of Disunion
> >>Thomas Miller
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>Overall, 78 percent of Republicans but merely 11 percent of
> >>Democrats approve of the President's job performance today-again,
> >>one of the widest gaps ever registered for a President since
> >>Eisenhower.
> >
> >Eisenhower generated polarized polls?
>
> Hard to believe - Ike's average approval rating was 65%. Sounds more
> like that sort of detailed partisan polling began with Eisenhower.
>
> Doug
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