The polling success Republicans are having in a lot of these races has a lot more to do with the Democratic candidate(s) being unpopular than it does with the voters liking who the GOP's put forth. If the current political climate holds forth all the way through November that might not matter- the Republicans could win based just on the unpopularity of the Democrats. But if things do shift at all back in a Democratic direction few of the GOP candidates are strong enough to win on their own merits. It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out.
Here are the full numbers:
| Candidate | Favorability Numbers |
| Mike Castle ( | 55/28 |
| Charlie Crist ( | 35/51 |
| Danny Tarkanian ( | 33/24 |
| John Boozman ( | 32/25 |
| Marco Rubio ( | 31/32 |
| Roy Blunt ( | 30/38 |
| Sue Lowden ( | 29/22 |
| Mark Kirk ( | 27/22 |
| Rob Simmons ( | 27/24 |
| Linda McMahon ( | 26/29 |
| Jane Norton ( | 25/35 |
5 comments:
Tom, this post is very misleading! Most of these people have the whole overall numbers low because they're not yet well known.
Crist's unfavorable rating really makes him stand out.
70% approve of Scott Brown (R-MA) including 30% who strongly approve. (Rasmussen March 9)
This is because very few politicians are popular with the voters right now. It is just the some of them are more unpopular than others.
Scott Brown is very popular with MA voters. When's the last time a Kennedy polled so high?
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