On March 27th SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from March 20th through the 22nd which shows high approval numbers across the state for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. The margin of error is 4%.
The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon is doing as Governor?
All
60% – approve
30% – disapprove
10% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
71% – approve
19% – disapprove
10% – not surerepublicans [31% of sample]
49% – approve
41% – disapprove
10% – not sureIndependents [20% of sample]
62% – approve
33% – disapprove
5% – not sure
There’s a net positive approval for Nixon across all party affiliations. The republican dominated owned and operated Missouri General Assembly should probably take notice. But they won’t.
Gender
Male [48% of sample]
61% – approve
31% – disapprove
8% – not sureFemale [52% of sample]
59% – approve
30% – disapprove
12% – 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 and they are all at a significant level of net positive approval.
In this day and age crosstabulations by job status could be interesting:
Job Status
Student [10% of sample]
62% – approve
27% – disapprove
10% – not sureFull-time [46% of sample]
59% – approve
33% – disapprove
8% – not surePart-time [7% of sample]
54% – approve
29% – disapprove
17% – not sureHomemaker [12% of sample]
48% – approve
38% – disapprove
14% – not sureUnemployed [8% of sample]
56% – approve
30% – disapprove
13% – not sureRetired [17% of sample]
74% – approve
19% – disapprove
17% – not sure
Jay Nixon’s weakest numbers (still, at net approval) are among self-identified “homemakers”. The self-identified “unemployed” portion of the sample at 13% is strikingly similar to the difference in the Bureau of Labor Statistics national U-6 numbers when compared to the commonly used national “unemployment” number (U-3):
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers…
If this 13% is an accurate indication of the total unemployed in Missouri the General Assembly would be well advised to stop fiddling while the state burns.