McCaskill (D) and Bond (r) approval - May '09 and June '09 - SurveyUSA

by: Michael Bersin

Sun Jun 28, 2009 at 05:00:00 AM CDT

The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator? (June 2009)

All
52% - approve
41% - disapprove
6% - not sure

Democrats [41% of sample]
74% - approve
22% - disapprove
4% - not sure

republicans [27% of sample]
19% - approve
71% - disapprove
10% - not sure

Independents [25% of sample]
54% - approve
40% - disapprove
5% - not sure

Compared to April Claire McCaskill's overall approval numbers have remained roughly the same. The approval numbers among Democrats, republicans, Independents are also similar to the April numbers.

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator? (June 2009)

Gender

Male [48% of sample]
55% - approve
42% - disapprove
3% - not sure

Female [52% of sample]
50% - approve
41% - disapprove
9% - not sure

The June numbers for Kit Bond:

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator? (June 2009)

All
55% - approve
35% - disapprove
10% - not sure

Democrats [41% of sample]
45% - approve
49% - disapprove
6% - not sure

republicans [27% of sample]
75% - approve
13% - disapprove
13% - not sure

Independents [25% of sample]
52% - approve
36% - disapprove
12% - not sure

SurveyUSA posted the results of a 600 sample poll taken from May 28th to the 29th showing the approval numbers for Senators Claire McCaskill (D) and Kit Bond (r). There is no release date. The margin of error is 4.1%. The poll was sponsored by KCTV in Kansas City.

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Claire McCaskill is doing as United States Senator? (May 2009)

All
49% - approve
43% - disapprove
8% - not sure

Democrats [42% of sample]
67% - approve
25% - disapprove
8% - not sure

republicans [32% of sample]
30% - approve
62% - disapprove
8% - not sure

Independents [25% of sample]
48% - approve
46% - disapprove
6% - not sure

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kit Bond is doing as United States Senator? (May 2009)

All
50% - approve
41% - disapprove
10% - not sure

Democrats [42% of sample]
44% - approve
49% - disapprove
7% - not sure

republicans [32% of sample]
63% - approve
24% - disapprove
13% - not sure

Independents [21% of sample]
42% - approve
51% - disapprove
8% - not sure

Overall, when compared to the bracketing April and June polls respondents had a darker view of the universe. What is striking in this particular poll is the relatively smaller polarization (it's still there, though) among self identified republican respondents when compared to the April and June polls.