SUSA: 2007 Senate Approval Ratings

[Adlai Stevenson]

SUSA has some newly released polls:

OREGON -
Wyden (D) 61%-29%
Smith (R) 58%-30%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=7fb60a82-d063-4f6e-9caf-0c1d037a9287


MASSACHUSETTS -
Kennedy (D) 64%-31%
Kerry (D) 40%-53%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=de0fe423-10d6-47ee-b4cb-8ad9c31530b4


TEXAS -
Hutchison (R) 59%-32%
Cornyn (D) 44%-42%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=5c21d88e-42c9-4dfd-96dc-c6ae7fe0d8fa


VIRGINIA -
Warner (R) 62%-29%
Webb (D) 42%-47%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=16b07b8f-724d-4077-8a79-f098d50f23a9


MINNESOTA -
Coleman (R) 55%-36%
Klobuchar (D) 56%-30%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=0d58fd0c-bd0f-40c8-bd4d-3cfc4a0ac10e


ALABAMA -
Shelby (R) 54%-34%
Sessions (R) 52%-35%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=0efc2926-614b-4d30-b4d7-296df3709603


KENTUCKY -
McConnell (R) 52%-38%
Bunning (R) 40%-48%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=87cdc200-ac25-4b6a-ab7b-228a95af6c11


WISCONSIN -
Kohl (D) 64%-27%
Feingold (D) 54%-38%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=94924516-f6a1-4851-b7a0-aa10c78396de


OHIO -
Voinovich (R) 45%-41%
Brown (D) 47%-32%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=7a39c81e-78bc-4bb3-8b54-4c10002f2c3c


WASHINGTON -
Murray (D) 55%-39%
Cantwell (D) 60%-35%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=e418dbd7-63ca-4b60-b80c-b4560c315025


NEW YORK -
Schumer (D) 60%-32%
Clinton (D) 66%-31%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=0c13e66a-c106-4e02-b4bc-a71a3f0b15d2


MISSOURI -
Bond (R) 53%-38%
McCaskill (D) 50%-40%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=3c8c02fe-648c-4be6-97e5-65c64ea94a12


IOWA -
Grassley (R) 64%-27%
Harkin (D) 53%-37%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=24249736-b40b-4dff-9f29-c72486ff7091


KANSAS -
Brownback (R) 50%-40%
Roberts (R) 52%-35%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=68816928-60d1-4f46-b999-274b43d40179


CALIFORNIA -
Feinstein (D) 57%-35%
Boxer (D) 54%-38%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=f50bf911-e696-4454-bea7-d371cb4eef4f


NEW MEXICO -
Domenici (R) 64%-27%
Bingaman (D) 66%-24%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=770735b6-4c43-43f9-8c5a-febe0afec1c8

[Padfoot]

approval ratings seem low for the senators from Kansas.  Why are they barely scraping up 50% in such a Republican state?

[HardRCafé]

VIRGINIA -
Warner (R) 62%-29%
Webb (D) 42%-47%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=16b07b8f-724d-4077-8a79-f098d50f23a9

At least Virginia realizes it screwed up.

[Democratic Hawk]

More on the freshmen senators:

Klobuchar (Minnesota) Approve 56 / Disapprove 30

Republican: 33/53; Democrat: 75/14; Independent: 57/30

Conservative: 30/57; Moderate: 63/22; Liberal: 76/11

McCaskill (Missouri) Approve 50 / Diasapprove 40

Republican: 24/66; Democrat: 77/15; Independent: 44/43

Conservative: 26/66; Moderate: 57/34; Liberal: 65/26

Brown (Ohio) Approve 47 / Disapprove 32

Republican: 29/46; Democrat: 66/21; Independent: 42/34

Conservative: 31/46; Moderate: 54/27; Liberal: 54/34

Virginia (Webb) - Approve 42 / Disapprove 47

Republican: 22/69; Democrat: 66/23; Independent: 45/44

Conservative: 22/71; Moderate: 54/37; Liberal: 62/21

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

VIRGINIA -
Warner (R) 62%-29%
Webb (D) 42%-47%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=16b07b8f-724d-4077-8a79-f098d50f23a9

At least Virginia realizes it screwed up.

Early days. No-one can expect Webb's approvals to even remotely compare favorably with John Warner's. Had Webb won by a resounding margin, which he didn't, such ratings may of then actually meant something

Dave

[Keystone Phil]

No PA ratings? Did Casey tank that badly? 

[DownWithTheLeft]

Looks like (I admit it is one poll) that the only reason Jim Webb won was b/c Allen screwed up and not on his own merit.  I think along with Bill Nelson he'll be a top target in 2012

Btw, what is James astrology for 2012?  It seems like it will be an amazing Republican year

[Adlai Stevenson]

Looks like (I admit it is one poll) that the only reason Jim Webb won was b/c Allen screwed up and not on his own merit.  I think along with Bill Nelson he'll be a top target in 2012

Btw, what is James astrology for 2012?  It seems like it will be an amazing Republican year

I actually think Webb at least will do very well representing Virginia.  I could also imagine not running for re-election in 2012; he's the type of maverick who could grow bored of Washington.

As for Nelson, I agree he is potentially weak but its not particularly useful to predict what 2012 will be like; I am only confident in predicting a Democratic President will be up for re-election then. 

I think 2010 will be a good Republican year - the first since 2004.  Although, I don't think the the GOP has much potential for electoral gains considering that its six years after 2004.  They could potentially target Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and Harry Reid in Nevada but there are not a plethora of weak Democratic incumbents.  There will be mostly first-term GOP Senators in the South up for re-election and arguably some of them will be vulnerable, i.e. Mel Martinez and Richard Burr possibly.  There also may be open seats in Arizona and Pennsylvania. 

[Gabu]

Looks like (I admit it is one poll) that the only reason Jim Webb won was b/c Allen screwed up and not on his own merit.

I think we kind of knew that already.

[Gabu]

From the looks of Webb's ratings, he's actually approved of quite strongly by both moderates and liberals; the only thing that drags his overall approval rating into the negatives is the huge disapproval registered by conservatives, probably due to still being bitter at having Allen knocked off.  I imagine that his ratings will probably improve at least somewhat with time as the conservatives' disdain for having lost Allen wears off, much as Gregoire's ratings went up after people started to forget about the fallout from the 2004 gubernatorial election.

[Eraserhead]

Where is Tester's???!!!???

[Eraserhead]

Edit.

[Eraserhead]

Edit.

[Gabu]

For the US Senate in 2012 you do not need astrology to figure out that it will be a good GOP year in the Senate, but astrologically it seems like an "inbetween year" so perhaps the GOP regains the Senate and Dems keep the house after redistricting or win the presidency, who knows.

Generally when you're using astrology to figure something out, "who knows" is not an acceptable answer.

[Smash255]

I wonder why SUSA doesn't do their approvals like they used to (all 50 governors/100 senators on one page).

Probably will go back to it next month.  Despite having it last year, they may have have kept in simple for December and Jan since not as much is going on.

[HardRCafé]

From the looks of Webb's ratings, he's actually approved of quite strongly by both moderates and liberals; the only thing that drags his overall approval rating into the negatives is the huge disapproval registered by conservatives, probably due to still being bitter at having Allen knocked off.

Or more probably due to his published works about women's inferiority and man-boy sex.

[Bacon King]

Looks like (I admit it is one poll) that the only reason Jim Webb won was b/c Allen screwed up and not on his own merit.  I think along with Bill Nelson he'll be a top target in 2012

Btw, what is James astrology for 2012?  It seems like it will be an amazing Republican year

For the US Senate in 2012 you do not need astrology to figure out that it will be a good GOP year in the Senate, but astrologically it seems like an "inbetween year" so perhaps the GOP regains the Senate and Dems keep the house after redistricting or win the presidency, who knows.

But 2010 seems pretty good GOP astrologically.

With all due respect, astrology is baseless.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Webb's disapproval is similar to the vote for Allen. I think most people who voted for Allen are still sore about the election and thus there is no way they could possibly approve of him (at least at the time). His approvals aren't so high because lots of people probably voted for him just because they were angry at national Republicans or to punish Allen for the macaca comment and thus haven't decided whether they actually like Webb or not.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Could someone link up the entire Senate's approval ratings, please?

Thanks.

[Frodo]

SUSA has some newly released polls:

VIRGINIA -
Warner (R) 62%-29%
Webb (D) 42%-47%

link

Presumably he has numbers as low as this due in no small part to that little incident between him and President Bush when they last met in person.  It seems many Virginians can't have responded very favorably to his behavior towards the President.

[Verily]

SUSA has some newly released polls:

VIRGINIA -
Warner (R) 62%-29%
Webb (D) 42%-47%

link

Presumably he has numbers as low as this due in no small part to that little incident between him and President Bush when they last met in person.  It seems many Virginians can't have responded very favorably to his behavior towards the President.

You mean when the President publicly insulted his son? Yes, I suppose Bush's approval rating dropped a few notches in Virginia, though it's so low as for one incident to probably no longer register.

[HardRCafé]

You mean when the President publicly insulted his son?

Asking how he was is an insult?  Man, share your stash.

[JSojourner]

From the looks of Webb's ratings, he's actually approved of quite strongly by both moderates and liberals; the only thing that drags his overall approval rating into the negatives is the huge disapproval registered by conservatives, probably due to still being bitter at having Allen knocked off.

Or more probably due to his published works about women's inferiority and man-boy sex.

James Dobson writes more about both topics than Jim Webb ever did.

[JSojourner]

You mean when the President publicly insulted his son?

Asking how he was is an insult?  Man, share your stash.

I agree with Hard R.  Asking Webb how his son is was no insult.

Sending his son to Iraq for the purpose of boosting his poll numbers, distracting attention from his ineptness in Afghanistan and enriching his biggest campaign donors...well...yeah...THAT is insulting. 

But let's not quibble over "The Decider's" decisions.  At least he's...err...decisive.

[Eraserhead]

From the looks of Webb's ratings, he's actually approved of quite strongly by both moderates and liberals; the only thing that drags his overall approval rating into the negatives is the huge disapproval registered by conservatives, probably due to still being bitter at having Allen knocked off.

Or more probably due to his published works about women's inferiority and man-boy sex.

Yeah that was a great campaign tactic ...