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McCaskill's approval rating weakens as health-care votes loom
By Bill Lambrecht/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
WASHINGTON -- There was disquieting news for Missouri Democrats along with some welcome news in the second part of a Public Policy Polling survey released this afternoon.
The good news was a generally strong approval rating for Gov. Jay Nixon at a time when many chief executives are experiencing something different. The poll of 763 Missouri voters by the Democratic-aligned company showed that 42 percent of Missouri's voters approved of the job Nixon is doing with 25 percent disapproving. The poll has an error margin of plus or minus 3.6 percent, the company said.
The polling company said that Nixon is one of only four governors in states it has surveyed this year with a disapproval rating under 30 percent. (Another is Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.)
For Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, also a Democrat, the polling numbers were less positive. Missouri Voters disapproving of the job she is doing outnumber those approving by a margin of 45-42 percent. Independent voters were splitting 52-35 percent against her.
A poll by the company in January found McCaskill's approval rating at 44 percent with 37 percent disapproving of the job she is doing.
"I think she's suffering from the same stuff Democrats across the country are suffering from, the loss of support from independents," said Tom Jensen, a spokesman for the polling firm.
Democrats in Congress have suffered in public esteem during efforts to complete an overhaul of the health-care insurance system. The Senate is scheduled to vote as early as Saturday on whether to advance the latest Democratic-drawn proposal.
A release from the company added: "With opinion on McCaskill closely divided, the state may be in for yet another highly competitive Senate contest come 2012? when McCaskill us up for re-election.
Voters gave retiring Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, a Republican, a 41 percent approval rating with 34 percent disapproving.
The first part of the survey released earlier this week showed a neck-and-neck race for Bond's Senate seat between Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt.
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Subscribe To Lake AlertsThe good news was a generally strong approval rating for Gov. Jay Nixon at a time when many chief executives are experiencing something different. The poll of 763 Missouri voters by the Democratic-aligned company showed that 42 percent of Missouri's voters approved of the job Nixon is doing with 25 percent disapproving. The poll has an error margin of plus or minus 3.6 percent, the company said.
The polling company said that Nixon is one of only four governors in states it has surveyed this year with a disapproval rating under 30 percent. (Another is Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn.)
For Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, also a Democrat, the polling numbers were less positive. Missouri Voters disapproving of the job she is doing outnumber those approving by a margin of 45-42 percent. Independent voters were splitting 52-35 percent against her.
A poll by the company in January found McCaskill's approval rating at 44 percent with 37 percent disapproving of the job she is doing.
"I think she's suffering from the same stuff Democrats across the country are suffering from, the loss of support from independents," said Tom Jensen, a spokesman for the polling firm.
Democrats in Congress have suffered in public esteem during efforts to complete an overhaul of the health-care insurance system. The Senate is scheduled to vote as early as Saturday on whether to advance the latest Democratic-drawn proposal.
A release from the company added: "With opinion on McCaskill closely divided, the state may be in for yet another highly competitive Senate contest come 2012? when McCaskill us up for re-election.
Voters gave retiring Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, a Republican, a 41 percent approval rating with 34 percent disapproving.
The first part of the survey released earlier this week showed a neck-and-neck race for Bond's Senate seat between Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt.
To see more of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.stltoday.com.
Copyright (c) 2009, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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