On June 18th SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from June 12th through the 14th which shows stable overall approval numbers (when compared to April) for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D). The margin of error is 4.1%.
The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon is doing as Governor? (June 2009)
All
55% – approve
36% – disapprove
9% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
66% – approve
28% – disapprove
6% – not surerepublicans [27% of sample]
43% – approve
45% – disapprove
12% – not sureIndependents [25% of sample]
51% – approve
41% – disapprove
18% – not sure
Approval is down significantly among Democrats when compared to the April numbers, and relatively unchanged among republicans and Independents.
The May 600 sample Survey USA poll of adults taken in Missouri has no release date on their website. It was taken from May 28th through the 29th. The margin of error is 4.0%. The poll was sponsored by KCTV Kansas City.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Jay Nixon is doing as Governor? (May 2009)
All
59% – approve
29% – disapprove
12% – not sureDemocrats [42% of sample]
70% – approve
19% – disapprove
11% – not surerepublicans [32% of sample]
48% – approve
40% – disapprove
12% – not sureIndependents [21% of sample]
62% – approve
26% – disapprove
13% – not sure
The governor has net approval among all party affiliations in the May survey.
Regionally there is net positive approval for Jay Nixon across all regions of the state in the June survey except in the southeast, with the approval/disapproval numbers the same at 42%.
The crosstabulations by job status in the June survey:
Job Status (June 2009)
Student [9% of sample]
58% – approve
32% – disapprove
9% – not sureFull-time [42% of sample]
54% – approve
36% – disapprove
11% – not surePart-time [10% of sample]
49% – approve
38% – disapprove
13% – not sureHomemaker [9% of sample]
62% – approve
36% – disapprove
2% – not sureUnemployed [11% of sample]
42% – approve
56% – disapprove
3% – not sureRetired [19% of sample]
66% – approve
26% – disapprove
7% – not sure
The approval numbers among students when compared to April have rebounded. The sample of unemployed has increased (surprisingly, paralleling the increase in unemployment in the state) and the governor has a net disapproval among this group.
The crosstabulations by job status in the May survey:
Job Status (May 2009)
Student [9% of sample]
53% – approve
37% – disapprove
10% – not sureFull-time [41% of sample]
56% – approve
32% – disapprove
12% – not surePart-time [9% of sample]
55% – approve
36% – disapprove
9% – not sureHomemaker [11% of sample]
62% – approve
29% – disapprove
8% – not sureUnemployed [10% of sample]
65% – approve
24% – disapprove
11% – not sureRetired [20% of sample]
66% – approve
20% – disapprove
15% – not sure
There is net approval among all subsamples in May. There is definite erosion in approval among part-time and unemployed from May to June.