February 23, 2006

Diageo/Hotline: HRC's Standing Improves

From the poll:

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is also taking full advantage of the GOP downturn, gaining ground in a WH '08 matchup with John McCain turning a 16 point deficit into 10 points after gaining 10 points among Dems.

Clinton's fav rating has also increased, up 4 points overall from 1/06 and up 10 points among Dems and 6 points among indies.

Some other notable trends:

Despite a drop in approval among Dems and GOPers, Pres. Bush's approval bounced among indies, up from 36% last month, leaving his overall approval rating at 45%.

Among the 52% who disapprove of Bush, 84% said there was not a time in recent months when they did approve of Bush.

A far more detrimental sign is that 37% of GOPers said there was a time when they could recall approving of Bush. This means that in just the last few months Bush has lost support from a handful of GOPers. Not surprising considering the %age of GOPers who "strongly approve" of Bush has decreased by 12 points in the past year.

Dick Cheney's fav/unfav rating has improved since 11/05, raising the question of what effect the recent shooting incident will have on the VP, keeping the mind that fav rating is very different than job approval.

Posted at 02:22 PM

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