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2016 Postmortem

Jim Lane

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8. The graph doesn't include ratings from near the end of his presidency.

Reply to thesquanderer (Reply #1)

Thu May 5, 2016, 08:39 PM

May 2016

The lines are so straight, with none of the smaller ups and downs one usually sees, because they present only one pair of numbers for every four years -- specifically, the ratings of the two eventual major-party nominees in the spring of the election year. After March/April 2004, Bush is dropped from the chart.

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