On March 3rd SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from February 20th through the 22nd showing the approval numbers for Senators Claire McCaskill (D) and Kit Bond (r). The margin of error is 4% for the results on Bond and 4.1% for the results on McCaskill.
The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
All
54% – approve
40% – disapprove
6% – not sureDemocrats [33% of sample]
83% – approve
14% – disapprove
3% – not surerepublicans [33% of sample]
35% – approve
62% – disapprove
3% – not sureIndependents [27% of sample]
44% – approve
44% – disapprove
12% – not sure
Compared to January Claire McCaskill’s overall numbers haven’t changed much. There is some improvement among self-identified republicans. This month’s survey sampling has a lower percentage of Democrats and a higher percentage of republicans.
Let’s take a look at the numbers for Kit Bond:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator?
All
59% – approve
33% – disapprove
8% – not sureDemocrats [33% of sample]
46% – approve
47% – disapprove
8% – not surerepublicans [33% of sample]
76% – approve
17% – disapprove
7% – not sureIndependents [27% of sample]
57% – approve
34% – disapprove
8% – not sure
There are fewer “undecideds” overall when compared to the January numbers. Other than that Bond’s overall numbers haven’t changed much. There is an increase in disapproval among Democrats and an increase in approval among Independents. Maybe it’s the pork earmarks. There’s nothing like a local news story trumpeting that your senior senator brought home the bacon yet again.
should give her pause. She’s now been a senator for over 2 years and her independent numbers are split. At some point, if she’s ever going to evolve into a “safe” seat she needs to do better than a 50/50 split among independents. Because no Democrat is ever going to get the kind of numbers among Republicans that Bond gets among Democrats.
Can’t understand any of these numbers. Bond is an ass and a liar. Why anyone approves of him in anyway is beyond my comprehension.
What the hell has he done to make his numbers so high?? Just name one thing.