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Poll: 33% of Kentucky voters approve of McConnell
By Tal Axelrod - 02/21/19 02:55 PM EST
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells (R-Ky.) approval rating is underwater in Kentucky ahead of his reelection race next year, according to a new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey released Thursday.
About 33 percent of registered Kentucky voters polled approve of the job McConnell is doing, while 56 percent disapprove and 11 percent are unsure. Additionally, 32 percent think McConnell deserves to be reelected, and 61 percent think its time for someone new.
The PPP poll was conducted on behalf of the Ditch Mitch Fund, an advocacy group that opposes McConnell. McConnells office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/431002-poll-33-of-kentucky-voters-approve-of-mcconnell?fbclid=IwAR24UZ10d7powFRAbvSV_jwGE3qOtfjXc6rPwNLpLBgoHtaGPp2wK7h8cG8
Sneederbunk
(14,286 posts)Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Who seems pretty solid. Former fighter pilot, and a FEMALE! I cant remember her name, but she is highly respected. Hope she runs!
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)I dont trust my memory. Or my spelling.
hlthe2b
(102,192 posts)dirty dealings and kick-backs suggested by the recent Politico article.
So, I'm not so sure he gives a damn anymore.
ooky
(8,920 posts)and went into hiding.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)It needs to be uglier, still.
shanny
(6,709 posts)and given that there is a "hard floor" of MAGAts and their ilk at 30-32% McTurtle is already as low as he can get. Lordy lordy I'd like to see him go.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)I live in Kentucky and I want that shameful creature behind bars.
shanny
(6,709 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,309 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)As bad as the 2018 Senate map was for Democrats, it's that bad and worse for Republicans in 2020. They're going to be defending 22 Senate seats, compared to 12 seats for Democrats. The 2018 wave just tickled Republican tootsies; the 2020 wave that's building is going to swamp that swamp. Republican triage is going to be parsed down to a gnat's eyelash. Is McConnell indispensable enough that the party is going to try to save his seat even if it looks like Democrats are going to take back the majority? Or do they leave him to fend for himself because he's carrying too much baggage?
The numbers from this poll (partisan as it is seeing as it was commissioned by the Ditch Mitch Fund) are horrible for an incumbent Senator. If other polls bear out McConnell's unpopularity, the national party is going to have to do some hard thinking.
OneBro
(1,159 posts)I know, same song, but this melody sounds better to me.
world wide wally
(21,739 posts)This could ntry is fucked.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Of course,Kentucky residents have been beat to heck over their Health Care,what,900k kicked off their state sponsored Health Care,and in one of the poorest States.
BostonBlue
(53 posts)they literally do not care what anyone, even their own voters, thinks of what they are doing.
Wounded Bear
(58,619 posts)He's "served" for a lifetime and fucked up our judiciary in unconscionable ways that we'll be decades recovering from.
I figure he'll ride off into the sunset feeling all wonderful about all the "good deeds" he's done.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Botany
(70,480 posts)Mitch will win unless it is a landslide