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July 28, 2007
Reagan’s Enduring Appeal
Posted by Tina Grazier
A story out of the Washington Times, “Cozying up to the Gipper” sites a new Rasmussen survey that suggests Ronald Reagan is still the ideal in American minds. The survey breaks down like this:
Of five political labels meant to designate presidential hopefuls, "like Reagan" proved to be the most popular in a new Rasmussen survey, trumping a quartet of more familiar descriptors. The survey revealed that 44 percent of the respondents rated the phrase "like Reagan" positively, followed by "progressive," favored by 35 percent, "conservative" (32 percent), "moderate" (29 percent) and at the bottom, "liberal" (20 percent). Strategists take note: Among Republican respondents, 74 percent favored the Reagan label, compared with 61 percent who gave the nod to a blunt "conservative" label. "It may seem strange to distinguish between a candidate who is 'like Reagan' and a candidate who is politically conservative. That gap has arisen because the definition of conservative has been altered by more recent GOP leadership in Congress and the White House," the survey said. "Being compared to Reagan ascribes some personal characteristics that cannot be captured in an ideological label."
The survey of 1,000 adults was conducted July 24-25, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
Posted by Post Scripts at July 28, 2007 10:35 PM