Endgame Viable

Summary

In a June 22 post on the blog Sic Semper Tyrannis, The Mason Conservative claimed that Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va) has “flopped badly” because of the 44% approval rating he received in a recently released Survey USA poll. The verb “flop” implies that his approval rating has dropped, and it has in fact fallen from a peak of 54% in May, but, overall, Webb’s approval rating is 2 points higher — and his disapproval rating 6 points lower — than it was in January. Tracking the Survey USA poll results from January through June, Webb’s approval rating has fluctuated up and down, but largely within the poll’s 4.1% margin of error (see Survey USA track for Jim Webb below).

References

The Mason Conservative, “Virginia’s Great Mistake”, June 22, 2007:

Sen. “Yosemite Jim” Webb, who pundits claimed to be the next Andrew Jackson, a man who would redefine politics in America-has flopped. And flopped badly. … Jim Webb has an approval rating of 44%

Survey USA approval ratings for Virginia senators, January 15, 2007. Webb had an approval rating of 42% at that time.

Survey USA track of Jim Webb’s approval rating from January to June, 2007.