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Impeachment Inquiry Backlash Boosts GOP’s Bevin in Kentucky Governor Race
Breitbart ^ | October 16, 2019 | MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY

Posted on 10/17/2019 7:36:21 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Voter backlash against the Democrat impeachment inquiry of President Trump and strong support for the president in Kentucky appear to be key factors helping Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in his re-election battle against Democrat challenger Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear.

Bevin, first elected governor in November 2015, is seeking a second four-year term as governor and faces Beshear in a November 5 general election.

A poll released by Maxon-Dixon Polling & Strategy on Wednesday shows that Bevin has pulled into a tie with Beshear, a significant improvement from the eight point deficit he had in the race as measured in a poll released by the same firm in December 2018.

“Republican Governor Matt Bevin has pulled into a tie with Democratic challenger Andy Beshear. Statewide, 46% of likely voters now support Bevin and 46% back Beshear. At the beginning of the year, Beshear held a 48%-40% lead over Bevin,” Mason-Dixon reported in its poll summary.

Bevin is bringing Republican voters back into the fold, with his GOP support increasing from 67% in December to 77% at present. Bevin is also receiving a stronger cross-over vote, drawing 22% of Democrats compared to Beshear’s 15% from Republicans. . .

Bevin’s resurgence could be attributed to President Donald Trump’s popularity in Kentucky and strong resistance to his impeachment among its voters. Statewide, 57% approve of Trump’s performance as president and 65% oppose efforts to impeach and remove him from office.

The poll of 625 registered voters was conducted between October 10 and 13, and has a four point margin of error.

“Bevin has made a concerted push to bring the possible impeachment of Trump into the campaign news cycles, and the Mason-Dixon poll shows evidence that most agree with the governor’s stance against such a move by Congress,” the Louisville Courier-Journal reported...

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: andybeshear; backlash; dopeydems; kentucky; ky2019; mattbevin; rankedchoice; trumpbump
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

POTUS, Trump needs to political rally in Kentucky, (Gov), Mississippi, Gov, Louisiana, (Gov) & Virginia (Legislature Only) to insure GOP Victories. If the GOP wins all these elections in 2019...game over for Democrats in 2020!!!


21 posted on 10/18/2019 12:24:28 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: HamiltonJay

It’s the freakin’ teachers

THE FREAKIN TEACHERS, WHO DESTROYED NEW JERSEY AND SO MANY OTHER STATES...INCLUDING THE REPULSIVE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

When all the disasters are examined to see what caused the BIGGEST disaster, it will be when

TEACHERS FORMED THEIR UNIONS. Once respected, now reviled.


22 posted on 10/18/2019 12:57:08 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Hope this is true, but it has been difficult for decades to keep a Republican in charge in Frankfort.


23 posted on 10/23/2019 5:00:39 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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