Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling is warning about reading too much doom-and-gloom into the latest poll numbers for Gov. Beverly Perdue.
The latest numbers, provided by PPP, show that 27 percent of North Carolina voters approve of the job Perdue is doing, while 52 percent disapprove. Those numbers are only slightly better than the month before, when Perdue had a 25 percent approval rating.
Jensen acknowledges that the numbers are bad, but maybe not as bad as they first appear, particularly if you consider she's not up for re-election until 2012.
"I have no doubt she would lose if she had an election today, but a lot of things can change in that period of time," Jensen writes.
Jensen says a deeper look at the numbers reveal that a lot of North Carolina voters don't feel strongly about Perdue - either for or against her.
"That means she's not 'finished' just seven months into her term, but it also means she has a lot of work to do to gain popularity with all those folks," he writes.
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Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 14, 2009 - 10:33pm — breining24McCrory wouldnt have raised our taxes, then turn around and hire another communications hack for 150k a year.
Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 14, 2009 - 3:14pm — greenswampMcCrory might have cut your job.
Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 14, 2009 - 1:38pm — JTwistAs a state employee, I can tell you that there were not enough job cuts. She did not get rid of her friends making the big bucks!
Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 14, 2009 - 11:09am — greenswampDoubt it.
Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 14, 2009 - 8:02am — grinderOr McCrory might be hailed as a hero for actually doing something rather than merely flying around reciting slogans.
Re: A look behind Perdue's numbers
August 13, 2009 - 11:40pm — greenswampI would hate to see what McCrory's poll numbers would be right now with his tax cuts and massive state employee and teacher cuts. He might have been recalled by now.