Delaware Gives Markell Very High Marks
More Public Policy Polling Numbers are In and Markell is well loved.
Over the last year and a half PPP has done approval ratings on Senators and Governors in states across the country but never has it ever found a Governor with as high an approval rating as Delaware’s Jack Markell
It is not just Democrats, but all of Delaware likes Markell
Markell is enjoying approval from 62% of the state’s voters, with only 17% disapproving. It’s no surprise he gets support from 76% of Democrats, but his performance also gets positive reviews from a plurality of Republicans (42/32), and a majority of independents (52/15).
Sorry wingnuts, Delaware also likes Obama
President Obama is off to a pretty good start with Delaware voters as well, with 63% approving of his work so far compared to 31% who disapprove. Obama is extremely strong with the Democratic base, with 89% expressing support for his work, but has considerably weaker numbers than Carper and Markell with Republicans and independents. 64% of Republican disapprove of Obama’s performance with only 25% in approval, and independents are just narrowly giving him positive marks, 49/43.
Last but not least…
Appointed Senator Ted Kaufman is a blank slate to a plurality of voters in the state, with 41% saying they have no opinion of him one way or the other. Among those who do he has 35% approval and 24% disapproval.
Stay tuned. Tomorrow’s poll numbers include Castle/Carney for Castle’s House seat.
Markell is just trustworthy and honest. As Cassandra said recently, he is telling you how horrible the budget will be, and yet you approve of him because he is being honest and straight with you. Obama has the same quality.
Thus, their approval ratings should remain in positive territory for a while.
The PPP numbers were carried in today’s NJ. I noticed they didn’t give any credit to DL for driving votes for DE polling to PPP’s site.
NJ give us credit for anything? Pfft. Indeed, I think they found out about the poll and the results here anyway. I know they all read us.
Hello NJ!
The Governor’s ratings are well deserved so far. He will have to make tough calls soon which will offend people on both the social front and in the budget. We will see if his ratings stay where they are.
Even if they don’t, one has to give him credit for leading unlike the previous occupant of Woodburn.