Poll finds LePage approval rating at 31 percent

[Maine-ah]

Source: BDN

More than half of Mainers disapprove of Gov. Paul LePage’s job performance, according to a poll released Tuesday.

The poll, conducted by Portland-based Critical Insights, finds that 54 percent of those surveyed say they disapproved of how LePage, a Republican, is handling the job less than five months into his tenure. Thirty-one percent said they approved of LePage’s job performance. Fifteen percent were undecided.

LePage’s approval ratings are in line with those observed for Gov. John Baldacci, a Democrat, before he left office. In that 2010 survey, 34 percent approved of Baldacci’s job performance while 55 percent disapproved.

The Critical Insights poll surveyed 600 Mainers between May 5 and 9. The poll has a 4 percent margin of error.

Read more: http://new.bangordailynews.com/2011/05/17/news/augusta/poll-finds-lepage-approval-rating-at-31-percent/

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probably because 61% of us didn't even vote for the ass hat.

edited to add my favorite comment on the article so far:

"He is like a bug spiraling out of control, flying towards the windshield of progress. "

[jpak]

1. LeSuckage deleted funding for Maine Public Broadcasting - too highbrow & edmuckational for him

dumbass

:thumbsdown:

[Maine-ah]

2. did they finally vote on that?

I knew that they wanted to get rid of funding for MPBN, but hadn't heard on a vote yet

[jpak]

4. Not yet - but he made the choice between Clean Elections and MPBN and axed the latter

a race to the bottom it is

[peacefreak]

3. 31% That high?

His cuts haven't hit the County yet.

[Beavker]

5. How much of this percentage

are people that actually voted for him in the first place? That's the interesting number.

[Maine-ah]

6. all of that number is probably people who voted for him.

figure it this way....he got 38% of the vote. His approval is 31%. So, even some of the people that voted for him are not all that impressed either.

[harmonicon]

8. I doubt turn-out was 100% nt.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. LePage only got about 38% of the vote when he was elected last year

He won't be reelected, unless of course there is another strong liberal candidate who splits the anti-LePage vote again.