On November 25th SurveyUSA released a 600 sample poll of adults taken in Missouri from November 20th through the 22nd 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
48% – approve
48% – disapprove
4% – not sureDemocrats [30% of sample]
70% – approve
27% – disapprove
3% – not surerepublicans [31% of sample]
28% – approve
69% – disapprove
3% – not sureIndependents [232 of sample]
41% – approve
56% – disapprove
3% – not sure
Again, looking at September, Claire McCaskill’s overall approval numbers, when compared to President Obama, are relatively stable.
Senator McCaskill’s disapproval numbers among Democrats have increased (to 27%) when compared to September.
The percentage of self-identified liberals who are not happy when it comes to approving of the job Claire McCaskill doing is still significant:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator?
Ideology
Conservative [40% of sample]
20% – approve
76% – disapprove
3% – not sureModerate [34% of sample]
66% – approve
33% – disapprove
1% – not sureLiberal [13% of sample]
65% – approve
28% – disapprove
7% – not sure
The sample of Conservatives is 40% in the November poll and 32% in the September poll. The sample of Liberals is 13% in the November poll and 16% in the September poll.
The November numbers for Kit Bond aren’t that good either:
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator?
All
47% – approve
44% – disapprove
8% – not sureDemocrats [30% of sample]
35% – approve
58% – disapprove
7% – not surerepublicans [31% of sample]
72% – approve
23% – disapprove
4% – not sureIndependents [32% of sample]
45% – approve
45% – disapprove
11% – not sure
Kit Bond’s approval numbers among republicans have improved over September. His numbers among “Independents” and Democrats remain unchanged.
It’s the base, Claire, the base.
She always does.
Count me as one of the librul 28% who think she’s doing a craptastic job.
Claire, we’re the ones you need to win relection. You’ll never get more than 2/3’s of the self-described “moderates” to vote for you. Of course, that number is all you’ll see as you go thru the rest of your first term operating under the WWJTD (What Would Jim Talent Do) theory of being a Senator.
I can get more consistent drawings on an Etch-a-Sketch than SurveyUSA gets on their partisan samples.