Polling yesterday from Emc’s Essential Research paints a rosy picture of public perception of the John Howard experiment:
Overall, how would you rate John Howard’s record as Prime Minister? Would you say he was?
One of Australia’s best Prime Ministers A better than average Prime Minister An average Prime Minister A below average Prime Minister One of Australia’s worst Prime Ministers No opinion
All well and good. Hardly suprising that a man who manages 11 years in charge is rated pretty well by most. How is it though that after everything that happened, after so long in office and the public eye, that 7% of those polled have NO VIEW of Howard’s performance! Amazing.
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In celebration of his demise and ‘The Howard Years’ series there are some reprise videos from 2007 here. My favourite is still ‘John Howard: not, not …responsible’ but there is also ‘The Poll that Counts’ series that documents Howard’s last innings through the eyes of the Canberra tallyroom. Enjoy!