On July 31st SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from July 17th through the 19th 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.
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
All
47% – approve
47% – disapprove
7% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
69% – approve
26% – disapprove
5% – not surerepublicans [27% of sample]
24% – approve
68% – disapprove
7% – not sureIndependents [26% of sample]
39% – approve
55% – disapprove
7% – not sure
Compared to June Claire McCaskill’s overall approval numbers have dropped.
Senator McCaskill’s approval numbers among Democrats and Independents have dropped when compared to June. The July disapproval numbers from liberals are on the high side:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
Ideology
Conservative [34% of sample]
32% – approve
62% – disapprove
6% – not sureModerate [36% of sample]
53% – approve
40% – disapprove
9% – not sureLiberal [18% of sample]
62% – approve
36% – disapprove
2% – not sure
As for those conservative republicans?:
…They’re pissed that Obama is president. They’re pissed that McCain isn’t. They’re pissed that Jim Talent isn’t their senator. They probably voted for George W. Bush twice (and probably his daddy twice). They’d probably be pissed if you pointed out that dubya is and was a monumental screw-up – it reminds them that they made that particular choice. They didn’t vote for Claire. They’ll never vote for Claire….
….No matter what anyone does they’ll be pissed and stay pissed. And they ain’t voting for any Democrats. Ever…
The numbers for Democrats and liberals are striking. More on that later.
The July numbers for Kit Bond:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator?
All
53% – approve
37% – disapprove
10% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
44% – approve
45% – disapprove
11% – not surerepublicans [27% of sample]
74% – approve
17% – disapprove
9% – not sureIndependents [26% of sample]
47% – approve
46% – disapprove
8% – not sure
Heh. A sure sign that pork and lame duck reign supreme.
Back to those party affiliation and ideology approval numbers for Claire McCaskill:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
July 2009
Democrats [41% of sample]
69% – approve
26% – disapprove
5% – not sureLiberal [18% of sample]
62% – approve
36% – disapprove
2% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
74% – approve
22% – disapprove
4% – not sureLiberal [19% of sample]
79% – approve
18% – disapprove
3% – not sureDemocrats [42% of sample]
67% – approve
25% – disapprove
8% – not sureLiberal [16% of sample]
64% – approve
24% – disapprove
13% – not sureDemocrats [39% of sample]
72% – approve
23% – disapprove
5% – not sureLiberal [15% of sample]
79% – approve
13% – disapprove
7% – not sureDemocrats [41% of sample]
68% – approve
25% – disapprove
7% – not sureLiberal [14% of sample]
77% – approve
9% – disapprove
14% – not sureDemocrats [33% of sample]
83% – approve
14% – disapprove
3% – not sureLiberal [12% of sample]
80% – approve
16% – disapprove
4% – not sureDemocrats [43% of sample]
78% – approve
18% – disapprove
4% – not sureLiberal [17% of sample]
68% – approve
22% – disapprove
10% – not sure
There’s a lesson in here somewhere. You got to dance with them what brung you.