Only 64% of the people really don’t like Cheney. The rest weren’t paying attention.
CNN Political Ticker
December 22, 2008
Poll: One in five think Cheney is worst VP in U.S. history
Posted: 04:04 PM ETFrom CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll suggests that one of out of five Americans think that Dick Cheney is the worst vice president in American history.
Twenty-three percent of those questioned in a CNN-Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday say that Cheney is the country’s worst vice president, when compared to his predecessors. Another 41 percent feel that Cheney is a poor vice president, with 34 percent rating him a good number two.
Only 1 percent of those polled say that Cheney is the best vice president in U.S. history.
“On the Sunday talk shows, Cheney took on the job of making the affirmative case for the Bush legacy,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “But the messenger may be getting in the way of the message.”
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