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Old 09-02-2009, 08:56 AM   #140
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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan View Post
You don't remember right. His polling average never went above 38%, and if you eliminate outliers he had a solid minority government well in hand both before and after the "economic free fall."
Actually, I do remember right.

As per the link below he was polling very strong heading into early September . . . . . then as the economic meltdown picked up speed, the wheels started to fall off.

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/b...-majority.aspx

Others may suggest different reasons for losing traction but I'll stick with the obvious economic one . . . . . that was a pretty strong headwind for any government anywhere in the world at that time.

In the last week of September and the first week of October, as an example, I think the S&P 500 lost 33%, with other global market matching that.

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