Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, has a higher approval rating than either of the state’s two Republican United States Senators — but her Net Job Approval of Plus 28 isn’t enough to give Barack Obama the state’s six electoral votes, according to this latest SurveyUSA vice presidential matchup table:

On his own, with no […]

SurveyUSA each month tracks job approval data for the President, the Governor, and the two United States Senators from California. This month, two of the four find themselves with their lowest approval numbers in some time; the other two, while not in enviable positions, are watching their approval ratings swing upward.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today has a […]

61% of adults from New York’s 13th Congressional District say their U.S. Representative, Republican Vito Fossella, should remain in office, according to an exclusive SurveyUSA poll conducted for WABC-TV in New York. 32% say Fossella should resign.
Both Republicans and Democrats say Fossella should stay put: 66% of Republicans and 55% of Democrats say […]

New York Governor David Paterson finishes his first full month in office with a 55% approval rating, a 28% disapproval rating, and an overall Net Job Approval of Plus 27.
Paterson, who took office on March 17 in the wake of Eliot Spitzer’s resignation, is viewed favorably across most demographic groups, with two notable exceptions: […]

President George W. Bush; Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear; US Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning. What do all four of these men have in common this month?
None of them has a positive approval rating in Kentucky.
It’s happened just once before, in November of 2007, when Ernie Fletcher was serving his final month as Kentucky’s governor […]

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, elected in 2006, is now at his lowest-ever level of job approval.
Patrick today has a 41% approval rating and a 56% disapproval rating, combining to create a Minus 15 Net Job Approval.
One month ago, Patrick was at Minus 1; two months ago, at Plus 13. Just after taking office in January […]

SurveyUSA research conducted April 11-13, while Iowa Governor Chet Culver was visiting Iowa National Guard troops in Kosovo, shows the governor’s approval rating has fallen to a new low.
Culver today has a 43% approval rating and a 50% disapproval rating, for a Net Job Approval of Minus 7, his lowest since taking office in […]

California’s two United States Senators today are at or near their lowest approval ratings in nearly three years of monthly SurveyUSA tracking.
Dianne Feinstein today has a 48% approval rating and a 43% disapproval rating, for a Net Job Approval of Plus 5, her lowest since tracking began in May of 2005. Three months ago, […]

In Kansas, senior US Senator and one-time 2008 Presidential candidate Sam Brownback today has a Plus 14 Net Job Approval, his highest since a Plus 16 back on November of 2006. Brownback’s low-water mark was a Minus 5 in November of 2007. Full Brownback tracking is here.
Junior US Senator Pat Roberts is at Plus 19 […]

Iowa’s senior United States Senator, Republican Chuck Grassley, today has a 67% approval rating, a 27% disapproval rating, and a Net Job Approval of Plus 40.
Iowa’s junior Senator, Democrat Tom Harkin, up for re-election this year, has a 53% approval rating, a 41% disapproval rating, and a Net Job Approval of Plus 12.
Full results are […]