On January 29th SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from January 20th through the 21st which shows high approval numbers across the state for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. The margin of error is 3.9%.
The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon is doing as Governor?
All
63% – approve
21% – disapprove
14% – not sureDemocrats [43% of sample]
81% – approve
10% – disapprove
10% – not surerepublicans [26% of sample]
49% – approve
33% – disapprove
19% – not sureIndependents [26% of sample]
49% – approve
34% – disapprove
17% – not sure
There’s a net positive approval for Nixon across all party affiliations. There’s nothing so good as taking office after your predecessor screwed everything up so badly and completely. Interestingly, the numbers for Independents and republicans are nearly identical.
Gender
Male [48% of sample]
64% – approve
21% – disapprove
15% – not sureFemale [52% of sample]
62% – approve
23% – disapprove
14% – not sure
There is no gender gap. These numbers are very similar to Nixon’s overall approval numbers.
Regionally there is consistency in Nixon’s approval numbers (with one exception) and they are all at a significant level of net positive approval. The strongest approval numbers are in the southwest part of the state. The governor’s approval in the southeast part of the state is lower than other regions, but is at a net positive approval by 31%.
On what actual words and actions do you think the approval/disapproval is based?
I was at the capitol yesterday in support of science and technology education. Some backwards types assume stem cells must be involved if the word science is mentioned so they are against it. They were repudiated. Actually heard the words spoken on the house floor: “The MO Right To LIfe has lost it’s credibility.”
Maybe Nixon will have fewer roadblocks than we anticipate and can actually bring our state forward out of darkness.