Indeed, this disconnect may explain why polls do not give President Bush the credit for economic management that his strong record would seem to merit. Nor does it help Americans’ mood that they spend far more of their lives working than do citizens in Europe or, these days, even Japan.
实际上，这解释了布什总统出色的经济管理为什么没有为他赢得相应的民意，美国人的工作时间比欧洲人、甚至日本人长得多对公众的情绪也没有帮助。怀疑论者认为所有这些因素都转化成了社会压力，而社会压力最终会对政治局势造成影响。