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| Poll shows popularity problems for Manchin, Holgorsen |
| 2013-09-27 |
| [WVMETRONEWS] U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is taking a hit in the polls, and so is West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen. New numbers released this week from Public Policy Polling showed West Virginia voters gave Manchin a 46-percent approval rating, while 44 percent disapproved. The last time PPP questioned voters about Manchin in 2011, his approval rating stood at 61 percent. Pollsters with PPP said Machin may be suffering from the Obama effect. In only one other state is President Barack Obama They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... more unpopular than he is in West Virginia right now. Voters surveyed said they support impeaching the president by a 49 percent to 37 percent margin. Obama's favorability rating in the Mountain State sits at 28 percent. Manchin's numbers are higher, but they're not that different from U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) who is not seeking re-election next year. Only 45 percent of those questioned approved of Rockefeller's job performance, while 46 percent disapproved. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Georgia has hard working amigos. Virginia has West Virginians. :-( |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-27 12:54 |
| #8 Obama and the donks have slammed the coal industry in W. Va. with their green agenda. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-09-27 12:18 |
| #7 Why is Halloween West Virginia's favorite holiday? Pumpkin... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-27 10:35 |
| #6 Why do ants shun picnics in West Virginia? Pride... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-27 10:34 |
| #5 The old saw is: a smart West Virginian is one who has the good sense to not procreate and to die in the first serious car accident he is in... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-27 10:33 |
| #4 Won't. Happen. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-27 10:30 |
| #3 Manchin was a popular governor. Dems ran him for the Senate seat which they otherwise would have lost. Now that Manchin has to toe the party line as one of its mindless minions in Harry Reid's zombie Senate he can no longer dupe his constituents. Conventional wisdom is that any incumbant under 50% is in trouble. WV has been reliably Democrat for generations. Would be nice to see WV make the same transformation that other southern states have made away from the dippy Dems. |
| Posted by: Jaising Creque9323 2013-09-27 09:56 |
| #2 And on election day, reliably voting dumbocrap, no matter how much that is agains their best interests... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-09-27 06:16 |
| #1 Obama's favorability rating in the Mountain State sits at 28 percent. Coal miners have a rather long-standing habit of working, eating, shopping, etc. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-27 05:21 |