From the same MSNBC article you posted;
What's changed from recent polls? Nada is the correct answer.
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By a 2-1 ratio, speech watchers polled by CNN-USA Today-Gallup and ABC News said President Bush made a convincing case about the need for the United States to take military action against Iraq. Those in the Gallup poll were less convinced the economy will be helped by his plans for speeding up tax cuts and pushing a new $674 billion plan that relies heavily on tax cuts. About half in the Gallup poll, 49 percent, said his program is likely to get this country out of its current economic problems, and 43 percent said it would not.
POLLS SAY BUSH WAS CONVINCING
The ABC poll also suggested speech watchers were more impressed by his Iraq comments.
Those who watched the speech were more likely to be Republican than Democratic, which is typical in polls of those who watch such speeches. Pollsters say that those who like a president are more likely to tune in.
A CBS News poll found Bush boosted support for military action against Iraq among viewers, but it found those who watched the speech were equally split between taking military action soon and giving the United Nations more time.
The speech had no immediate effect on opinions of the general population, according to the ABC News poll, which conducted an overall poll of the population while checking the speech viewers.
More than six in 10 of the overall population supported military action against Iraq after the speech; fewer than half, 46 percent, support it if the United Nations is opposed. Bush’s overall job approval rating in the ABC poll was 62 percent, close to the levels he has had in recent polls that place him in the high 50s or 60 percent.
The ABC News poll of 781 adults, including 499 who watched the speech, had an error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. The CBS News poll of 638 had an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll of 440 speech watchers had an error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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