Timeline for Government Maintaining Good PR despite zombies
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| Feb 18, 2021 at 23:17 | vote | accept | Alendyias | ||
| Jan 31, 2021 at 17:41 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | So, I don't have supplementary polling to back this up, but consider the difference between "approve" in the sense of "I think he isn't failing and all things considered I would prefer to continue with this adminstration" vs. "approve" in the sense of "I think he isn't failing in this crisis and and all things considered I would prefer to continue with this administration in this crisis". Bush's non-approve figure in August was (approximately) "all Democrats". In October it was (approximately) "all people who think he's abjectly unsuited to the post". | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 17:36 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @Alendyias: I don't think the disaster needs to be handled correctly for the incumbent government to get a boost. They probably need to not be (known to be) directly responsible for causing the disaster, but that approval rating of 90 for Bush in 2001 isn't people who watched his actions and judged it to be the best any politician could possibly do, or certainly better than any Democrat would have. It's people who, in a disaster, completely change their approach to the question. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 10:10 | comment | added | user3153372 | There are exceptions. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings - the Prime Minister unconvincingly blamed a terrorist attack on Basque separatists and lost the election a few days later. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:41 | comment | added | Alendyias | Good points overall; great job, this is very helpful! | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:35 | history | edited | Ash | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:30 | comment | added | Ash | @Alendyias I remember hearing conspiracy theories about US government complicity in 9/11 or at least foreknowledge of the plan before the towers even fell. Bush still got a +39% boost in polls even though the attack represented a massive FBI/CIA failure. He still got +14% when he invaded the wrong country 2 years later. The actual details of the story will get lost in the rally-behind-the-flag effect. | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:25 | history | edited | Ash | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:18 | history | edited | Ash | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:16 | comment | added | Alendyias | Wow, I'm honestly surprised by how good disasters are for politicians; I assume they have to be handled correctly though, citizens don't take failure well (as evidenced by Scott Morrison). Still, wouldn't mind-controlling zombies cause a backlash and/or rioting? I fail to see why people would be OK with that..... | |
| Jan 31, 2021 at 3:13 | history | answered | Ash | CC BY-SA 4.0 |