Obama Rated #1; Cornyn Rated #100 - Senator Approval Ratings

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://surveyusa.com/100USSenatorApprovalRatings061305.htm


Top 5 Approval (All Dems and Mod Reps !)
1. Obama.....D.....IL.....72%
2. Conrad.....D.....ND.....71%
3. Leahy.....D.....VT.....71%
4. Collins.....R.....ME.....71%
5. Snowe.....R.....ME.....71%

Bottom 5 (All Repugs except for one)
96. Martinez.....R.....FL.....43%
97. Coburn.....R.....OK.....43%
98. Burr.....R.....NC.....42%
99. Lautenberg.....D.....NJ.....42%
100.Cornyn.....R.....TX.....40%

[PunkPop]

1. That's my Senator!!

John

"Man on Turtle"
"It's Understandable why Judges would be Targeted"

Cornyn

The man is a complete moron.

[renaissanceguy]

2. I'm not sure what he's done to get such a high rating.

He's my senator, and I voted for him... but he has yet to distinguish himself, esp. for the #1 slot.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.16781662

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. The times I have heard him speak, in meetings and sessions, he

always prefaces with "I know I am new on the block...." He stuck me as though he was taking it all in, waiting to learn more, waiting to earn respect. Cautious, like he has a master plan for his career path.

[LiberalEsto]

13. I think this poll reflects name recognition

Sen. Obama has had a great deal of media attention and his name has become familiar to many, even though he hasn't done anything of significance yet in the Senate.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Why do repugs dislike him?

[PunkPop]

15. It's scary to try and guess what a repug is thinking.

In Cornyn's case I have no clue.:shrug:

He's always been a good little foot soldier for the repug cause. Gay marriage bad. Federal judges bad. War good.

[Bartlet08]

21. Cornyn

Well... in that poll a quarter of the respondents gave the "I don't know" answer. Cornyn is so dispassionate and such a rubber stamp of the Bush administration that he's not going to inspire many people, Republicans or otherwise, to approve of his job performance... or even know who he is. Not a surprise that Kay Bailey is a lot further up than he is.

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. Is that you Dan?

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[XemaSab]

24. Welcome to DU!

;)

[LiberalEsto]

3. Frank Lautenberg deserves better

He's a principled Democrat who isn't afraid to speak up against the B*sh misadministration.He's got a 100% approval rating from me,and I'm not even a NJ resident.

[karynnj]

7. I am a NJ resident and I don't understand

I think Lautenberg is great. Wasn't Survey USA the poll that kept showing NJ competive when it wasn't last year? (When the Eagleton poll (which is the NJ poll I've seen for years) showed Kerry easily ahead.) They may have a systemic problem in NJ, if this is true.

[1932]

18. It seems like NJ elects politicians to hate them.

NJ ALWAYS hates the person they elect.

[LynneSin]

42. I have to agree NJ loves to hate their politicians

but they'll still vote for them again for re-election

[DanCa]

4. Wow it's nice seeing an Il Dem getting some good press

Fighting for disability advocates, and military veterans, plus gay rights the man is a phenome.

[DrGonzoLives]

6. BUT HE VOTED FOR RICE OMG!!!!

But seriously, yes, it is.

[DanCa]

10. Oh that rice then got buy me

:nuke: Okay he's human. That was his one mistake. (Waits for the laundry list to follow)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. Here are the Governor Rankings !! Ohio Taft at only 17%!

http://surveyusa.com/50StateGovTrackingJuly2005.htm



Wow, if we could get a dem into Ohio governorship ! Like Dean, says, its the state leadership that can protect our elections.


F'in Jeb at 52%. When you have access to a FEMA checkbook, it sure does help.

[nickinSTL]

16. 60% disapproval for Blunt in MO

:evilgrin:

[MO_Dem]

38. Couldn't happen to a more deserving feller....

I'm hoping his approval will be down to about 1% when re election time comes around.

[Bartlet08]

23. Oh Rick Perry...

It's so good to see Governor Goodhair at the bottom... nobody has ever really liked him, anyway.

[flpoljunkie]

9. Ric "Man on Marmaduke" Santorum approval at 45%--not good for re-elect.

Boo-hoo! How deliciious it would be to send him home to Pennsylvania! Altho, perhaps he could work for Focus on the Family as a Congressional lobbyist.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Did you see him on Daily Show ? Sickeningly Sanctimonious.

Where in the hell does he come off trying to tell the world how they should run their lives?

I don't like the new format. Jon Stewart was way too easy on him.

[flpoljunkie]

17. Stewart got a lot of well deserved flack for that "kid glove" interview.

[leesa]

14. Obama sucks. He's voted for a lot of criminals without batting an eye.

[1932]

19. n/t? You're not going to try to round-out that statement with an argument?

?

[Gabi Hayes]

33. could he be talking about the myriad unindicted perjurers?

how many chimp nominees have NOT lied during their nomination proceedings?

BTW, I agree with him....he's from my state, and I'm disappointed in his NONleader approach. he's walking on eggshells, trying to do whatever to fit in as a freshman

a real leader, on the other hand, esPECIALLY amongst all the achordates with whom he serves, should be bold and agressive

be a, well, leader, maybe?

he's most decidedly not

I know, the argument can be made that he's new, and has to prove himself, but what has he done since taking office? He's keeping a VERY low profile, for one who made the keynote speech at the Achordate National Convention

why?

what's his relationship to the DLC, btw?

[trogdor]

20. It's worse than that for the repigs

		
					        05/05 	        06/05 	        Change 05/05 to 06/06 	
# 	State 	U.S. Senator 	Party 	SR/JR 	Appr 	Dis 	Appr 	Dis 	App 	Dis 	
73 	TN 	Frist, Bill 	R 	SR 	58% 	32% 	51% 	39% 	-7% 	+7% 			
77 	GA 	Chambliss, S 	R 	SR 	46% 	34% 	50% 	34% 	+4% 	+0% 			
77 	IL 	Durbin, R 	D 	SR 	46% 	34% 	50% 	34% 	+4% 	+0% 			
77 	KS 	Brownback, Sam 	R 	SR 	52% 	34% 	50% 	38% 	-2% 	+4% 			
77 	OH 	Voinovich, G 	R 	JR 	47% 	40% 	50% 	39% 	+3% 	-1% 			
77 	MT 	Burns, Conrad 	R 	JR 	52% 	38% 	50% 	42% 	-2% 	+4% 			
82 	AZ 	Kyl, Jon 	R 	JR 	44% 	31% 	49% 	31% 	+5% 	+0% 			
82 	NV 	Ensign, John 	R 	JR 	47% 	34% 	49% 	34% 	+2% 	+0% 			
82 	CO 	Allard, Wayne 	R 	SR 	45% 	33% 	49% 	35% 	+4% 	+2% 			
82 	SC 	DeMint, Jim 	R 	JR 	46% 	34% 	49% 	35% 	+3% 	+1% 			
82 	AK 	Murkowski, L 	R 	JR 	46% 	45% 	49% 	42% 	+3% 	-3% 			
87 	MI 	Stabenow, D 	D 	JR 	47% 	33% 	48% 	36% 	+1% 	+3% 			
87 	MO 	Talent, Jim 	R 	JR 	50% 	32% 	48% 	38% 	-2% 	+6% 			
89 	FL 	Nelson, Bill 	D 	SR 	50% 	26% 	47% 	29% 	-3% 	+3% 			
89 	NH 	Sununu, John 	R 	JR 	47% 	37% 	47% 	37% 	+0% 	+0% 			
89 	KY 	Bunning, Jim 	R 	JR 	41% 	41% 	47% 	38% 	+6% 	-3% 			
92 	MN 	Dayton, Mark 	D 	SR 	41% 	41% 	46% 	41% 	+5% 	+0% 			
93 	PA 	Santorum, Rick 	R 	JR 	44% 	38% 	45% 	44% 	+1% 	+6% 			
94 	OK 	Inhofe, James 	R 	SR 	46% 	33% 	44% 	42% 	-2% 	+9% 			
94 	OH 	DeWine, Mike 	R 	SR 	45% 	37% 	44% 	43% 	-1% 	+6% 			
96 	FL 	Martinez, Mel 	R 	JR 	35% 	44% 	43% 	39% 	+8% 	-5% 			
96 	OK 	Coburn, Tom 	R 	JR 	47% 	32% 	43% 	40% 	-4% 	+8% 			
98 	NC 	Burr, Richard 	R 	JR 	42% 	34% 	42% 	36% 	+0% 	+2% 			
98 	NJ 	Lautenberg, F 	D 	JR 	42% 	39% 	42% 	40% 	+0% 	+1% 			
100 	TX 	Cornyn, John 	R 	JR 	39% 	33% 	40% 	36% 	+1% 	+3% 		

Bottom 25: Dem 5, GOP 20
Even more interesting than this, you don't see HRC's name in there. She's at 64/32, and ahead of Charles Schumer in New York.
Even more interesting than that, for some reason, Mississippians favor Trent Lott by 64/29. :puke:

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. I'm surprised to see Dayton so low

:shrug:

But he did something good since the last polling...up 5 pts.

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. Why is Boxer so low?

[wyldwolf]

32. it's based on approval...

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. Yes, I got that... but why is her approval rating so low? Why don't her

constituents love her as much as we do on DU?

[theboss]

43. I think Californians are pissed off in general right now

It's not been a great century so far for the state.

[leyton]

44. Two reasons...

1. California is not as liberal as DU.
2. The popular politicians are not always the ones with guts. They can be - like Feingold - but it's a rare thing.

[jonnyblitz]

26. good, that Coburn asshole deserves to be in the bottom 5...nt

[LeftyElvis]

27. I'm surprised

Sen Lautenberg is so low. He is a great Senator and he called Rove a traitor last week. He speaks his mind.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. Welcome to DU, LeftyElvis!

:hi:

[tibbir]

28. The survey puts Cornyn exactly in the right slot - dead last

I just wonder how the hell he even pulled 40%.

[napi21]

31. If those #'s are true, why does CNN say Congress has 30% ratings?

Every time I hear someone say how low Shrubs ratings are, they follow it up with "the rathings of the House and Senate are worse, they are in the 30's.

And WHY is Lautenberg so low? I agreed with him every time I've heard him!

[Silverhair]

34. That's normal. People always rate their congresscritter

higher thanthey do congress as a whole. In other words, "My congress person is OK to Good and yours usually stinks."

[deadparrot]

36. Dems and liberal Republicans at the top...

80% of the bottom five are Republicans...

:D

[tridim]

37. It looks like the average approval is about 55%

Wasn't there a poll last week that said something like 80% think congress doesn't represent them? The numbers don't add up.

[Fescue4u]

39. self delete

cause Im stupid sometimes :)

[kick-ass-bob]

40. 98. Burr.....R.....NC.....42%

Good.

He is such a kiss-ass loser.

[LynneSin]

41. What the hell is with NJ and Frank Lautenberg

He's been one of the best senators out there - any other state and folks would be falling over backwards to give this man praise!

[jillan]

45. McCain is number 10!????? wtf?

He has done nothing for this state.
We have this whole border issue going on. Our US gov't has spent all of the money we were suppose to get to protect our borders:grr:

Excuse me, McCain - where the hell are you? You are suppose to be taking care of this state, not just your political career.