Senator McConnell Approval Rating Second Lowest Ever

Even though Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell drew no opposition for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, his approval ratings are tanking. It confirms what I have been thinking; McConnell may be feeling the heat that all elected officials are feeling at the moment, the economy, gas prices, reverberations from a failed session of the Kentucky General Assembly (yea I know he is not a member, but in Kentucky a politician is a politician) and massive partisan bickering should all be considered factors why Senator Mitch McConnell's approval/disapproval rating is dead even at 46%.

• Overall - (Second lowest)Approval 46% - Disapproval 46%
• Republicans - (Lowest Ever) Approval 61% - Disapproval - 33%
• Democrats - Approval 39% - Disapproval - 55%
• Moderates -  (Tied Second lowest) Approval 40% - Disapproval - 52%
• Western KY - (Third Lowest) Approval 48% - Disapproval - 46%

The big one is his slide with Kentucky Moderates over the past few months. Not good for McConnell seeing this group is Kentucky's largest voting block.

I have two theories why McConnell is experiencing a drop in his approval ratings across the board; all elected officials are experiencing the fallout from a frustrated public, in this case McConnell's slide does not benefit, say Bruce Lunsford, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate unless Lunsford pounces quickly and takes advantage of this opportunity. Second; he could be feeling the heat from some bad press and the attacks from the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.

Either way McConnell could be vulnerable and it would be wise for Lunsford to dig into the piggy bank a little and maybe run an attack ad or two against McConnell as soon as the Democratic primary is over, risky, but a risk I would take. If he can cash in from sliding approval numbers via the first real poll for the Fall race, Lunsford could have McConnell on his heels in June and that is something no one would have predicted or even said was possible.

BUT his, for the most part, static approval/disapproval with Democrats must change, if he maintains a 30% or above approval rating with Kentucky Democrats, he will be almost impossible to beat.   

Comments

"Bruce Lunsford, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate"

What are you smoking Shack! Fischer is making his move just as planned. You and you little pal Jacob will be eatng crow a day after election day.

uggg! Making his move? Yea back to stuffing chips in vending machines.

[Jimbo]

This poll indicates why the inventor and businessman, Greg Fischer should be the Democrat who takes on Mitch McConnell in November.

Greg has no business running for dog catcher. If these numbers hold for Bruce he could be in the lead this summer!

I am no Lunsford fan, but I have resigned myself to voting for him this fall.

??? "Fischer is making his move just as planned" ???

I can't believe everything is going the way Greg Fisher planned... You can't be as successful a business man as he is and be that clueless. Fisher's "move" will have him peaking about March 2008. He miscalculated how unpopular Lundsford is and how hard it would be to raise money. He waited too long to get started campaigning and his media looks childish.

If this is really is the plan then whoever came up with it for him should be sued for malpractice.

[wow]

So the Fischer campaign cant run a real campaign an actually be effective so now lets see what they're doing
1)being jack-asses
2)preforming the biggest damn armature hour ever
3)Campaigning for Mitch
4)Ruining Any chance Greg has of a political career

You only need 1

1)Fischer is a plant for uncle Mitch

[Marshall]

Mr. Shackleford, you need to wait until after the Democratic Senate Primary.

It is obvious that you have some bias toward your friend Bruce. However, we are having a primary where Fischer has the opportunity to win the Primary.

Greg Fischer is a brilliant young man and should not be discounted.

[Kenneth Stepp]

Anyway, we Democratic candidates for the Senate that have been out campaigning (I still haven't seen the Democrat David L. Williams on the campaign trail, but I have seen the rest) have all been slammin' "Mitch's" sorry voting record on all issues. Basically, we are somewhat a team. I slam Mitch to my audiences, Wylie slams Mitch, Rice slams Mitch, Cassaro slams Mitch, Fischer slams Mitch and Lunsford slams Mitch. That all helps the eventual Democratic candidate in the fall, as Mitch's support continues to erode as he has eight candidates (7 Democrats and Mr. Esseck the Republican) out here in the campaign hustings attacking Mitch's record). I was in a six-man Congressional primary once, and the millionaire was the winner. Maybe the people in the trailer parks and on SSI and Social Security, and on fixed incomes feel most comfortable being represented by a millionaire. Time will tell. Kenneth Stepp, a Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate.

Stepp would make a wonderful representative for the people of kentucky. A man who knows the average tax paying working man.

[CW]

I had considered voting for Stepp, but I'm just tired of him slamming folks in trailer parks. Snobish shit that.

I may not be the sharpest nail in the fence, but how is hoping to get good voters from all areas being snobbish? I felt as though Stepp was honoring people who work hard and do not have silver spoons in their pantry. LORD help us, it is the other candidates who salute the wealthy. We need a man who will help our people, whether they live in a trailor park or Park Place!