Voters unhappy with senators

bkrueger — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:31:55 -0400

Neither of North Carolina’s senators are in high standing with voters these days.

U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican, has a favorable rating of 39 percent and unfavorable rating of 31 percent, with 30 percent having no opinion, according to the InsiderAdvantage Poll conducted by Majority Opinion Research in Atlanta, reports Rob Christensen.

Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat, has a favorable rating of 39 percent and unfavorable rating of 39 percent with 22 percent having no opinion, according to the same poll.

Such low ratings for both senators is rare. Tom Jensen, a pollster with Public Policy Polling, said that of 13 states where they did polling, North Carolina and Ohio were the only ones where both senators had an approval rating of under 40 percent.

This is likely more of a problem for Burr, who faces re-election next year. Hagan doesn’t have to face voters until 2014.

The InsiderAdvantage Poll was of 894 registered voters in North Carolina. It was conducted June 22 and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.

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