Which of the following statements best describes the importance of public opinion in evaluations of the George W. Bush administration?
a. Public opinion surveys during the 2000 election demonstrated that foreign policy issues ranked dead last on the list of voters’ concerns, and foreign policy played only a nominal role in evaluations of the administration and the president’s job approval ratings.
b. After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush experienced several short bursts of high approval ratings due to the rally-around-the-flag effect, but as war fatigue set in and political violence in places such as Iraq increased, those items caused a significant decline in his approval ratings in the last years of his presidency.
c. The public was generally dissatisfied with President Bush’s domestic policies and subsequently were unsupportive of his foreign policy performance, leading to low approval ratings throughout his presidency.
d. The president’s job approval ratings throughout his presidency reflected the public strongly supported both his domestic and foreign policy performance.
b. After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush experienced several short bursts of high approval ratings due to the rally-around-the-flag effect, but as war fatigue set in and political violence in places such as Iraq increased, those items caused a significant decline in his approval ratings in the last years of his presidency.
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