Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm, just came up with this suprising result:
Americans are now pretty evenly divided about whether they would rather have Barack Obama or George W. Bush in the White House. 48% prefer Obama while 46% say they would rather have the old President back.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent, so call it a draw. Independents still prefer Obama by 12 points, but PPP notes this poll still has important ramifications for Democrats’ electoral strategy:
These numbers suggest some peril for Democrats in making Bush a focus of their messaging this fall. A lot of folks who contributed to the former President’s low level of popularity now like Obama even less. Figuring out a way to make voters change their minds about the current President would be a much more effective strategy for Democrats than continuing to try to score points off the former one.
