Gov. Matt Bevin dismisses his low poll numbers, welcomes Trump's help
WASHINGTON -- Gov. Matt Bevin dismissed polling that shows him struggling with voters as he runs for a second term — and said he welcomes having President Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence come to Kentucky to campaign for him.
Speaking at a Politico event in advance of the upcoming National Governors Association winter meeting, the Kentucky Republican said he pays no attention to polls. A January Morning Consult poll found him with a 51 percent disapproval rating.
“There has never been a poll ever taken .. done by anyone, including people who want to be supportive, that has ever found me above water or likely to win anything, ever,” Bevin said. “I have never led in any poll or been popular in any survey that has ever been done.”
But he said he won the governor’s race and 106 out of 120 counties in 2015, despite trailing in the polls.
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