COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich often touts all he has accomplished in his first six months. Ohioans, however, do not seem to be impressed.
The Republican leader's job approval numbers have dipped again with just 35 percent of voters surveyed for a Quinnipiac Poll released this morning supporting Kasich. That's down from 38 percent in May. Meanwhile, 50 percent of voters said they disapproved of the job Kasich is doing, which is a slight increase since May and since the governor reached his crowning achievement in office thus far, orchestrating a new state operating budget in the face of a steep deficit. (Earlier version of this story.)
The Kasich-backed Senate Bill 5 collective bargaining law is not faring much better. Voters appear ready to overwhelmingly reject the new collective bargaining law should a repeal effort appear on November's ballot, as appears to be the case, according to this poll.
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/07/ohio_voters_still_not_impresse.htmlChristie on the decline
Chris Christie's popularity has declined significantly over the first half of 2011 and he would have a very difficult time winning reelection if voters in New Jersey went to the polls today.
Only 43% of voters in the state approve of the job Christie is doing to 53% who disapprove. That -10 approval spread represents a 13 point decline from when PPP last polled the state in January, when Christie's standing was 48/45. Christie's numbers are steady with Republicans. But independents have really turned on him, going from approving by a 55/39 margin to disapproving by a 54/40 margin. And his crossover popularity with Democrats is on the decline as well- where 23% approved of him in January now only 16% do.
The fallout of Christie's declining approval numbers is that he would now trail Newark Mayor Cory Booker in a hypothetical 2013 match up, 47-43. Booker is an extremely popular political figure, with 43% of voters expressing a positive opinion of him to only 16% with a negative one. He still has 2 things going for him that Christie no longer does- he's very well liked with independents (a 35/13 favorability spread) and he has a lot of appeal across party lines (just as many Republicans- 26%- like him as dislike him. Booker actually leads Christie 43-42 with independents, a group GOP candidates really need to win by a wide margin to be successful statewide in New Jersey.
Christie would also find himself in a tough battle with a couple other major Democratic political figures. Congressman Frank Pallone would fight Christie to a tie at 43%. That's despite the fact that only 38% of voters in the state even know who Pallone is, and those who do don't have a particularly positive image of him. And Christie would lead his recent foil, state Senate President Steve Sweeney, only 42-40. That match up is close even though voters across the state have quite a dim view of Sweeney with only 13% saying they see him positively to 37% with an unfavorable opinion.
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