-The most popular candidates are Joe Manchin, Rob Portman, Kelly Ayotte, Scott McAdams, and Ron Johnson.
-The least popular candidates are Joe Miller, Jack Conway, Paul Hodes, Lee Fisher, and Lisa Murkowski.
-The most popular candidates who are probably going to lose anyway are McAdams, Kendrick Meek, and Elaine Marshall.
-The least popular candidates who are probably going to win anyway are Miller, Barbara Boxer, and whoever emerges as the winner between Harry Reid and Sharron Angle.
-When you see Portman, Ayotte, and Johnson at the top of this list while simultaneously seeing Joe Miller at the bottom and Sharron Angle and Ken Buck pretty far down as well it's a reminder that Republicans are still a lot better off with mainstream candidates than Tea Party ones, even if many of those Tea Party Republicans are still going to pull it off this year because the political climate is so bad for Democrats.
What else do you take away from these?
| Candidate | Favorability/Approval | Spread |
| Joe Manchin | 70/22 | +48 |
| Rob Portman | 50/25 | +25 |
| Kelly Ayotte | 57/34 | +23 |
| Scott McAdams | 50/30 | +20 |
| Ron Johnson | 51/35 | +16 |
| Kendrick Meek | 42/32 | +10 |
| Marco Rubio | 51/41 | +10 |
| Richard Blumenthal | 50/40 | +10 |
| Richard Burr | 45/39 | +6 |
| Elaine Marshall | 40/35 | +5 |
| Pat Toomey | 45/40 | +5 |
| Rand Paul | 48/43 | +5 |
| Dino Rossi | 45/46 | -1 |
| Charlie Crist | 41/43 | -2 |
| Carly Fiorina | 42/44 | -2 |
| Ken Buck | 44/48 | -4 |
| Joe Sestak | 39/43 | -4 |
| Russ Feingold | 44/48 | -4 |
| Mark Kirk | 39/45 | -6 |
| John Raese | 41/47 | -6 |
| Patty Murray | 44/51 | -7 |
| Michael Bennet | 39/47 | -8 |
| Sharron Angle | 44/53 | -9 |
| Barbara Boxer | 40/50 | -10 |
| Harry Reid | 39/51 | -12 |
| Alexi Giannoulias | 42/55 | -12 |
| Linda McMahon | 35/49 | -13 |
| Lisa Murkowski | 37/52 | -15 |
| Lee Fisher | 37/53 | -16 |
| Paul Hodes | 34/50 | -16 |
| Jack Conway | 34/52 | -18 |
| Joe Miller | 36/59 | -23 |
The voters reject those who believe in using the force of government against responsible and productive people (Giannulias, Boxer, Bennet, Reid, Murray, Feingold, Sestak, etc)
ReplyDeleteTo sum up the national mood, look at the creative drive behind Washington ballot measure #1069. It would create a new state seal, properly identifying the government as a tapeworm... and honestly describing the purpose of big government, "Committed to sucking the lifeblood out of each and every tax payer".
BEST IDEA EVER!
The only question is why this hasn't been done sooner.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/HelenWhalenCohen/2010/11/02/best_ballot_initiative_ever
Johnson at the top is a Tea Party candidate.
ReplyDeleteMurkowski at the bottom is the anti-Tea Party candidate.
Kirk, the anti-Tea Party establishment liberal, is very close on the list to Angle, the conservative Tea Party outsider.
ReplyDelete"The tea party saved the Republican Party by, among other things, re-energizing it. But it’s also becoming clear the tea party did so without turning off the center.
ReplyDeleteThis is news. Six months ago the common wisdom was that the tea party was going to scare independent voters and make them run screaming from the tent...
But the center doesn’t appear to be scared.
...We need to get into a place of cooperation. It can’t be we-they. The (Republican) party has structure, knowledge, experience. The tea party has principles—not just the principles but the passion to restore our country."
peggynoonan.com
Candidates with tea party backing (Ron Johnson, Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, Rand Paul) are some of the most favorable candidates in the nation. Chris Christie and Bob McDonnell and Jan Brewer remain some of the most popular governor in the nation.
The left-wing myth that voters will not warm up to Tea Party candidates and Tea party principles is proving to be just a desperate wish of elitist snobs losing their grip on power.
In the aftermath of the carnage last night, what do you think is the reason for polls consistently being off in Nevada? Not only this year, but in 2008 as well?
ReplyDeleteThank God that Pennsylvanians made the right choices last night!!
ReplyDeletePat Toomey defeated Joe Sleeze-stak
Tom Corbett defeated Dan Onorato
Mike Kelly defeated Kathy Dahlkemper