] In an informal poll of 100 academics, conducted by The
] Economist, Mr Bush's policies win low marks. More than
] 70% of the 56 professors who responded to our survey rate
] Mr Bush's first-term economic policies as bad or very
] bad. Fewer than 20% give positive marks to Mr Bush's
] second-term economic agenda, and almost six out of ten
] disapproved. Mr Kerry hardly got rave reviews either, but
] his economic plan still fared better than the president's
] did. In all, four out of ten professors rated Mr Kerry's
] economic plan as good or very good, but 27% gave it
] negative scores.