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Poll: GOP Incumbents Burns, Santorum And DeWine The Least Three Popular Senators
Guess who the three least popular Senators in American are? According to SurveyUSA's latest ranking of all the Senators' approval ratings, the three who come in dead last are all Republicans up for reelection in November: Ohio's Mike DeWine (42%-50%), Pennsylvania's Rick Santorum (39%-53%), and Montana's Conrad Burns, who won the title for least popular Senator in the country (36%-57%). Virginia's George Allen was 74th, at 49%-41%, though that may not reflect his actual ranking, since the poll was taken mostly before the 'n' word accusations hit. And Lieberman? Eighty-seventh with a rating of 49%-47%.
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What is really amazing in this data is the sharp fall of Arizona's John Kyl. Recently listed in Time's list of the 10 Best Senators, Kyl's numbers with moderates are awful: he has a -9 point disapproval gap with the younger than 35, a -2 point gap with the elderly; he has a -14 point gap among "independents," a -15 point gap with moderates; he also has a -22 gap with Hispanics and a -10 point gap with occasional church goers. The disapproval (47%) is damn high for someone running for reelection.
Is there any traction here? I know VA and TN are the races Dems are focused on as being on the cusp of possibility, but I think we're missing some ripe fruit in the Arizona Desert.
September 29, 2006 10:48 PM | Reply | Permalink