Government
Register poll finds support for Culver slipping
Posted on Nov 15, 2009 by Admin.
Gov. Chet Culver
DES MOINES (AP) — A poll for The Des Moines Register shows Gov. Chet Culver’s job approval rating has fallen to 40 percent, a 20 percentage point decline since January.
The poll, published Saturday night in a copyright story on the newspaper’s Web site, also showed Culver losing by 24 percentage points in a matchup with former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, who is edging toward seeking the GOP nomination. Culver also trailed Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats by eight points.
About 34 percent of Iowans say the state is headed in the right direction.
The telephone poll was conducted from Nov. 8 to 11 by Selzer & Co. of 800 Iowans age 18 and older. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
if the democrat controlled des moines register is finally reporting it, then it probably is even worse then they are reporting.
Get ready for 8% sales tax in Iowa. "Tax-Hike Terry" raised the sales tax TWICE in response to the kind of budget problems the Lug is facing now.
It's not over 'till the fat lady sings.
and our current governor couldn't figure out there is a shrinking tax base in Iowa, and gave us the largest budget in Iowa history, now look whats happening. Its called irresponsibility welcome to Culver's administration
Not a big Branstad fan here, but it does offend me to see the contrived, talking-point, war-room attack on him by partisans. Your lock-step goose-step is so transparent. Think for yourself. Nothing is more boring or abrasive than an ignorant partisan hack. You can always tell what the Hate party is doing by seeing what they are accusing their opponent of doing. It's old.
Secondly, the self-congratulatory advertisements run by Culver a year out from an election are really irritating. How about feeding some homeless or planting some trees with the money spent on production costs and television time??? Sometimes I think the TV networks are the biggest promoters of partisanship and acrimony. Heck, if every government employee and their immediate family just votes straight party ticket, I don't see how the Party of Vilsack could ever lose again. My advice would be to cut out the PR on television, work on minimizing the budget and entitlements burden, and just assume that most people are not idiots……well, maybe they are. Negative ads work and people vote for tele-charisma.
Do political parties pay people to be internet warriors and try to impact public opinion by 24/7 blogging/commenting/polling/etc?….. Of course they do. This is so Boring.
Then why are you here?.
Dont worry in this town its called the Cedar Rapids Gazette and KCRG, both tabloids of the up most garbage.
Not a big Branstad fan here, but it does offend me to see the contrived, talking-point, war-room attack on him by partisans. Your lock-step goose-step is so transparent. Think for yourself. Nothing is more boring or abrasive than an ignorant partisan hack. You can always tell what the Hate party is doing by seeing what they are accusing their opponent of doing. It's old.
You must of never lived here when Terry Braindead was governor before.