Ideology and Perdue's Decline

Carter Wrenn suggests that Bev Perdue's numbers are declining because she's too liberal.

Here's how Perdue's approval rating has declined over the last four month by ideology:

Month	Approval w/ Liberals	Approval w/ Moderates	Approval w/ Conservatives
February	72	52	25
March	70	54	22
April	63	49	24
May	52	44	19

So she's had a six point drop with conservatives, an eight point drop with moderates, and a 20 point drop with liberals. Somehow I don't think being too liberal is her problem. BTW, President Obama's numbers have stayed in the same 51-54 range every month since he took office.

I think Perdue is doing as good a job as she can, but as I pointed out to News 14 yesterday Governors everywhere are seeing their approval ratings tank right along with the economy. If things get turned around Perdue will be fine and if they don't, she probably won't. That's just the reality of executive leadership in politics these days.