Mark Blumenthal, writing in today’s 02/28/08 National Journal, “Telling Good Polls From Bad,” wonders for the third time about which polls and which pollsters ought to be included in any “Pollster Report Card.” I have for two weeks owed Blumenthal a response to his initial question about whether pollsters who release polls closer to Election […]

It’s been a while since we last checked approval ratings for Indiana’s US Senators, and the tracking graphs show very little has changed.
When last we looked in on senior Senator Dick Lugar, over a year ago, the Republican had a Plus 41 Net Job Approval.  Today, it’s Plus 38.
Junior Senator Evan Bayh, often mentioned […]

Yesterday, we looked at approval ratings for South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (Plus 28), and discussed poll results showing a 49/40 split on whether or not he’d be a good running mate for Arizona Senator John McCain, with 49% saying he would not
Today, a peek at approval ratings and the vice presidential question for both […]

United States Senator Sam Brownback, a presidential candidate until last November, today has a 48% approval and 41% disapproval rate in his home state of Kansas, according to SurveyUSA monthly approval tracking conducted by SurveyUSA. Brownback’s Plus 7 Net Job Approval is significantly lower than that of Kansas’ junior senator, Pat Roberts, who today […]

In many states, the two United States Senators are viewed similarly, with both enjoying similar approval ratings. Ohio is not currently one of those states:

Senior Senator George Voinovich, in positive approval rating territory in four of the past twelve months, is today in negative territory once more, with a 42% approval and 48% disapproval rating. […]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today has a 45% approval and 51% disapproval rating. This is the first time Schwarzenegger’s approval rating has fallen below 47% and the first time his disapproval rating has risen above 50% since October of 2006, when Schwarzenegger’s Net Job Approval, calculated by subtracting disapproval from approval,  was at Minus 9.
Schwarzenegger had […]

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, whose chances of being named John McCain’s running mate are tracked each week by the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages newspaper, today has a 52% approval rating and a 46% disapproval rating, for a Net Job Approval of Plus 6. Full crosstabs and tracking are here.
Research conducted for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, KAAL-TV […]

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, mentioned as a possible Republican running mate for GOP frontrunner John McCain, today has a 61% approval rating and a 33% disapproval rating, yielding a Net Job Approval of Plus 28.
Among Republicans, Sanford’s approval rating is 80%; among Democrats, it’s 50%. Full crosstabs are here.
Sanford’s constituents split over whether or […]

For the first time since Iowa Governor Chet Culver took office, and just one and a half months after hitting his highest level of approval, more Iowans say they disapprove of the governor’s job performance than say they approve of it. Today, 49% say they disapprove; 48% say they approve. That gives Governor Culver a […]

Kansas Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius has a job approval of 67% today, according to SurveyUSA research conducted for KCTV-TV Kansas City and KWCH-TV Wichita. Complete interactive tracking graphs here.
In 34 months of continuous SurveyUSA tracking, Sebelius’ job approval has never been lower than 51%, and since December 2005, has never been lower than 60%.
Among Kansas […]