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January 20, 2006
There's a Bounce
In light of another mining tragedy today in West Virginia, I decided to check their governor's approval rating in the most recent Survey USA 50 state tracking poll. One line of attack that Republicans in the media quickly abandoned was that Gov. Joe Manchin was somehow partly to blame for the false information that swept through the town.
Manchin, I thought showed a real regular guy quality by praying with the miners, getting swept up in the false reports, responding to the aftermath, the whole ordeal. I was also impressed by the first lady, who accompanied the wife of the one surviving miner to various hospitals and acted as her spokesperson to the media.
Well apparently West Virginians agreed with me. His approval skyrocketed to 80%-16%. The only subgroup that SUSA splits out that isn't at least 70% in favor of Manchin are non-Hispanics, non-Whites and non-Blacks.
Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Liberals, Moderates, Conservatives, Churchgoers, Atheists, they all love Manchin. If Perdue was sitting with this type of rating, I'd be worried. But even his bump he received from cutting the gas tax was nowhere near this.
On a side note, Republicans have a higher approval rating of the Democratic governor than Democrats do. In the blogosphere, this fact somehow means you are "vulnerable" in a Democratic primary.
Posted by Chris at January 20, 2006 04:42 PM
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