On May 30th SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of “Adults” taken in Missouri from May 16th through the 18th showing the approval numbers for Senators Claire McCaskill (D) and Kit Bond (r). The margin of error is 4.1%.
The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City and KSDK in St. Louis.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
All
51% – approve
42% – disapprove
7% – not sureDemocrats [44% of sample]
71% – approve
23% – disapprove
6% – not surerepublicans [28% of sample]
30% – approve
66% – disapprove
4% – not sureIndependents [23% of sample]
41% – approve
50% – disapprove
9% – not sure
There is improvement among Democrats. Note that Democrats make up a significantly larger portion of the sample when compared to April. There is a drop in approval among Independents.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator?
All
55% – approve
35% – disapprove
9% – not sureDemocrats [44% of sample]
45% – approve
44% – disapprove
11% – not surerepublicans [28% of sample]
77% – approve
18% – disapprove
5% – not sureIndependents [23% of sample]
52% – approve
42% – disapprove
7% – not sure
Kit Bond’s numbers have improved among Democrats and Independents. republican approval remains the same.
This release did not include presidential issues crosstabs.
As a Democrat those numbers are not very encouraging. The Independents numbers, I’m trying to figure that out. What is it that the Independents lean toward the conservative side? It doesn’t look good for the GE, anyway.