Polls Plummet For Senators Who Voted No On Gun Background Checks

[kentuck]

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/poll-backlash-senators-background-checks.php?ref=fpa

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Anyone who doubted that senators could suffer political fallout for their opposition to expanding background checks on gun buyers may want to talk to Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ).

The Arizona Republican who took office in January was one of five senators whose popularity at home has declined in the wake of their votes against the gun bill, according to a survey released Monday from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling. The measure, which was co-authored by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA), fizzled in the Senate earlier this month despite polls showing staggering public support for strengthening background checks.

The backlash appears to be the harshest for Flake, whose standing in Arizona cratered following his “no” vote on background checks. With an approval rating of 32 percent, Flake is already among the least popular senators in the country, according to PPP. Fifty-one percent of Arizona voters said they disapprove of Flake, while a majority of 52 percent said that his opposition to the gun legislation makes them less likely to vote for him in the future. Moreover, a plurality of 45 percent of Arizona voters said they trust Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who was one of only four Republicans to support the measure, more than Flake on guns.

Flake’s vote drew even more scrutiny last week after the New York Daily News unearthed a letter he sent to the mother of a shooting victim in which he pledged to support stronger background checks.

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[spanone]

1. i wrote to both of my republican senators and here are their complete responses.....

"................................"

they really don't give a shit.

[Thinkingabout]

2. The same with Texas Senators with Crazy Cruz putting out it was a national gun register in a

Newsletter to apparently he now knows it was not true. He must not have read the bill, the same thing he accused Napolitano of except she has read the bill he was referring to. If it can be made into a lie then Crazy Cruz is best at doing so. The no voters should expect their numbers to drop, they failed to listen to the 90%, this should not be a 10% country. The number dropping is a good way to get their attention and they should let the NRA know. They can be voted out of office by following the NRA rules.

[kentuck]

4. They are more afraid of the 10% than the 90% because...

...the 90% will not desert their Party under any circumstances, in either Party. But the 10% has to be courted and cajoled, otherwise they will mutiny the next election. Which means the 10% has more political power than the 90% because they are not afraid to use it.

[Thinkingabout]

5. Itmay have been that pre Newtown but that event has changed many. It may not happen in the next

Election but there is a new grading system coming on board. The NRA just may not get the final grade.

[kentuck]

8. I think you are correct...

And that would be one of the best things that could happen to this country.

[Rex]

3. But but but...they were protecting US! See, they can only

vote on so many confrontational bills...cuz if they just go all out willy-nilly, the people that put them in office (gun lobby) might get all madz or sadz...and that would be a real scary thing for these legs!

Series!

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

6. For a Republican to be polling THAT low in Arizona is major....

An approval rating of 32% for a Republican in a pro-gun state who voted against this measure is staggering.

I hope it continues to drop until they realize the full extent of what they did.

[Skittles]

7. they get to keep the paranoid coward vote

let's see just how important that is to them

[DanTex]

9. The tide is turning! Soon we'll be able to take all their guns away, and enslave them all

in forced labor camps, like we've been planning all along. Muahahahaha!!!

[Baitball Blogger]

10. It's the only way to knock out the stupid idea that they have to vote that way

to get reelected.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Good!

LIsa Murkowski and Mark Begich are both tools of the NRA. I honestly don't know how I'm going to vote for Mark next time. He's got some really bone-headed ideas about what Alaskans want from him.

[demosincebirth]

12. Too bad Flake only has 6 years left on his term