I was somewhat curious as to how many people would actually be swing tot he Kerry/Edwards ticket by the addition of Edwards. One good way to see how he’ll sell, is to see what his approval ratings are.
Some interesting results, here.
Take this Elon University Poll from April 15-18, 2002 as a first example:
Only 43 percent of North Carolinians approve of the job Edwards is doing in the Senate, down significantly from a February Elon Poll which measured his approval rating at 53 percent, and an October Elon Poll which gave him a 57 percent approval rating. Enthusiasm was also low for a potential White House bid by Edwards, with just 41 percent of citizens indicating their support.
Looking ahead to the same poll in February of 2003, we see more of the same:
The poll also found support for Edwards work in the Senate has dropped from 45 percent in April 2002 and September 2002 to 39 percent.
By the time Last September had come around,the focus wasn’t on his abysmal Senate record, but on his chances of becoming President.
33 percent said they support or strongly support John Edwards? candidacy for the presidency, 30 percent oppose or strongly oppose his candidacy, and 28 percent neither support or oppose his candidacy.
Turns out, the reason he’s running for VP is because he didn’t stand a snowball’s chance of being re-elected.
There seems to be quite a bit of a pattern with this guy… bigtime losing numbers.
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