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Governor Bob Taft (R-OH) Approval Rating Is 6.5%, Says Latest Poll
The Toledo Blade ^ | November29, 2005 | Jim Tankersley

Posted on 11/30/2005 9:37:14 AM PST by Clintonfatigued

A Zogby International online survey, conducted a week after the Nov 8 election and released yesterday, shows just 6.5 percent view the embattled GOP governor very or somewhat favorably. Barely 3 percent view his job performance as "good" or "excellent."

"I'm not aware of anyone whose ever sunk lower," pollster John Zogby said.

(Excerpt) Read more at toledoblade.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: blackwell; bobtaft; daft; ohio; petro; polls; taft
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1 posted on 11/30/2005 9:37:15 AM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued

If Taft would come out and denounce Bush...he'd be hailed by the MSM as a Maverick, an Independent, and the push polls would jump.


2 posted on 11/30/2005 9:39:32 AM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Gee, seems kinda low.


3 posted on 11/30/2005 9:40:13 AM PST by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

What are the apparent reasons for these numbers?


4 posted on 11/30/2005 9:40:19 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Clintonfatigued

What, did they poll the Democrat State House members only?


5 posted on 11/30/2005 9:40:39 AM PST by AbeKrieger (Islam is the virus that causes al-Qaeda.)
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To: dubyaismypresident; TonyRo76; RockinRight; MikeinIraq; Columbus Dawg; fieldmarshaldj; ...

The same poll gives George W. Bush a 46% approval rating, consistant with other polls. So I don't dismiss this out of hand.


6 posted on 11/30/2005 9:42:17 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
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To: AbeKrieger
What, did they poll the Democrat State House members only?

Nah, just conservatives.

7 posted on 11/30/2005 9:42:33 AM PST by JohnnyZ (Veterans' Day. Enough said.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

"I'm not aware of anyone whose ever sunk lower..."

No. It's "who's ever sunk lower." Contraction of "who has."

It must suck to be Bob Taft.


8 posted on 11/30/2005 9:43:37 AM PST by cloud8
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To: wideawake

Corruption and heavy taxing & spending. Taft is a RINO who's either corrupt, incompetent, or both. He should resign.


9 posted on 11/30/2005 9:43:41 AM PST by Clintonfatigued (Sam Alito Deserves To Be Confirmed)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Why is it that high?

Some people must love tax hikes.


10 posted on 11/30/2005 9:43:45 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Mr. Stickfigure for White House spokesman)
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To: Hank Rearden

considering how bad gov Shaft has been it seems kind of high.


11 posted on 11/30/2005 9:43:53 AM PST by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

It's a shame. Wasn't his grandfather known for being an anti-New Dealer?


12 posted on 11/30/2005 9:44:29 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Clintonfatigued

Hmmmm... Zogby. I met some of his family a few years ago and I believe the Zogby's are of mid-Eastern origin. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

What's the history on Zogby polls? Do they display a Leftist bias? Is he "push-polling" as so many other Dim-cast "polls" do? Think I'll start a Google or three.

Can anyone shed any light on Zogby?


13 posted on 11/30/2005 9:48:33 AM PST by Anselma
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To: Clintonfatigued

Look on the bright side though; surely he has enough friends, family and neighbors to keep his approval rate above 2 or 3 percent.

Yeah, I'm a "glass half full" kind of guy....


14 posted on 11/30/2005 9:49:23 AM PST by GadareneDemoniac
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To: GadareneDemoniac

Could be wrong but Taft might not be able to be re-elected


15 posted on 11/30/2005 9:51:40 AM PST by bybybill (GOD help us if the Rats win)
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To: Clintonfatigued

you gotta ask yourself, who are the 6% supporting him?


16 posted on 11/30/2005 9:52:16 AM PST by SDGOP
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To: AbeKrieger

I don't trust ZOGBY polls, but Taft is in that rarified crowd of being universally despised by everyone.

If not for Blackwell, Ohio would probably go completely Dem next year because of him and the RINO's in that state.


17 posted on 11/30/2005 9:52:16 AM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

"The same poll gives George W. Bush a 46% approval rating, consistant with other polls. So I don't dismiss this out of hand."



I, on the other hand, do dismiss it out of hand, since it is not a poll, but an on-line survey. It's not scientific at all.

That being said, it would not surprise me in the least if the current approval ratings for Bush and Taft among OH voters were indeed 46% and 6.5%, respectively.


18 posted on 11/30/2005 9:53:10 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: Anselma

Zogby has always been a dem, so his polls have done a little bit of pushing over the years, sometimes correcting on the eve of elections so he can maintain credibility. He has gone farther to the Dem side in the past few years, as his Arab background has caused him to oppose the President's WOT.


19 posted on 11/30/2005 9:53:16 AM PST by Defiant (Dar al Salaam will exist when the entire world submits to American leadership.)
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To: AbeKrieger

Taft is the ultimate RINO. Democrats can't stand him, and neither can most Republicans.

I just hope Ken Blackwell continues to effectively distance himself from Taft so he can win in 2006.


20 posted on 11/30/2005 9:53:22 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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