McConnell's Approval Rating Falls Below His Disapproval Rating

by Jonathan Singer, Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:24:13 PM EST

Tough times for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:

In 31 months of SurveyUSA tracking, United States Senator from Kentucky Mitch McConnell has had job approval ratings ranging from a low of 48% to a high of 56%. His Net Job Approval, determined by subtracting disapproval from approval, ranged from Plus 4 last month to Plus 24 in June of 2005.

This month, for the first time, McConnell has a negative Net Job Approval -- Minus 3. His approval rating is at 44%, the lowest since tracking began in May of 2005, and his disapproval is at an all-time high of47%.

Click the thumbnail below to bring up the full tracking graph, which will allow you to see McConnell's approval rating tracked by demographic subpopulation over the past 31 months.

It turns out that McConnell's decision to brag in advertisements about serving as the Senate Republican Leader wasn't such a good one (which isn't terribly suprising given how unpopular the GOP is these days). Either that, or the nearconstantspateofads progressive and Democratic groups have been running against McConnell in his home state of Kentucky have been taking their toll.

And it's not only SurveyUSA that is showing problems for McConnell. Both Research 2000 and Rasmussen Reports have found named Democrats well within striking distance of the Republican Leader, and McConnell unable to crack 50 percent against named Democrats.

If you want to help turn up the heat on McConnell, head over to DraftCrit.com -- which is seeking to get Democratic state Auditor Crit Luallen to run for thte Senate -- to get involved.

Tags: Kentucky, KY-Sen, Mitch McConnell, Senate 2008 (all tags)

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For this awesome diary. Kentuckians are waking up to the truth of McConnell in droves. Please don't forget that we have another candidate who may run against McConnell and has a lot of support and has been able to raise substantial funds, Greg Stumbo. Here is his site:

http://www.stumbo2008.com/

While Crit Luallen is a fine woman and Democrat I feel Stumbo is a better match for this race. Luallen has never been dragged through the mud like she would be by McConnell, but Stumbo is used to it. He has a proven record fighting McConnell's cronies, and I think it is time he fought McConnell himself.

Best wishes.

by RDemocrat 2007-11-20 02:14PM | 0 recs
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I don't know that I want to get involved in a primary, but I plan on spending some time in my border state next year hitting the pavement for the Democratic nominee.

by Vox Populi 2007-11-20 02:41PM | 0 recs
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It's pretty sad that mydd and dailykos have chosen to promote the candidate prefered by party insiders and ignore the grassroots outsider people powered candidate, Andrew Horne. it's also sad that KY's blogger for hire has chosen to engage in whisper campaigns to national bloggers in order to smear Horne, despite the fact that Crit has every institutional advantage in a potential primary race. It's also sad that such national bloggers would bite on that.

by MediaCzech 2007-11-20 03:05PM | 0 recs

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