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Poll: Obama Beats All Living Presidents as Best Person in Crisis

March 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM Leave a comment

I just got an email from the ultra-conservative Newsmax with this in the subject line:  Bill Clinton Best for Crisis Today, Poll Finds.  I clicked on the link and went to this article: Bill Clinton Bests Former Presidents to Handle Crisis Today, Newsmax/Zogby Poll Finds.

The beginning of the article talks about how Clinton won among “former living U.S. presidents.”  It wasn’t until I read down 11 or 12 paragraphs that I came to this:

When all living presidents, including Obama, were listed as choices, Obama — despite his current low approval ratings — finished first with 29 percent of the vote, followed by Clinton with a strong second (19 percent), George W. Bush (18 percent), George H.W. Bush (8 percent), and Carter (2 percent).

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Obama finished ahead of the other living presidents in all age groups, scoring the highest (30 percent) among respondents 65 and over.

He scored highest among Democrats (58 percent), but Clinton finished first among independents (24 percent) and George W. Bush was ahead among Republicans (41 percent).

Interestingly, despite his calls for higher taxes for the rich, Obama was ahead even among respondents with an income of $100,000 or more, winning 30 percent of the vote to Clinton’s 19 percent.

I have a feeling Newsmax hates, absolutely hates, the result of this poll.  Why else would they give it the title they did?  I can see them now, tearing their hair out that Obama won among all living presidents (and that their guys did so poorly).

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