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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrownback trails Democratic opponent in Kansas.
Sam Brownback, who has served in Kansas as a Congressman, U.S. Senator, and now Governor, is in danger of being unseated after one term, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KWCH-TV in Wichita. Today, the Democratic ticket of Paul Davis and Jill Docking edges the Republican ticket of Brownback and Jeff Colyer, 43% to 39%.
Of those who voted for Brownback when he ran for Governor in 2010, just 59% stick with him in 2014, and 25% defect to the Democrats. Though today Brownback leads 2:1 among Republicans, he trails 11:1 among Democrats. Independents split. Northeast and Southeast Kansas both favor the Democratic ticket; Western Kansas favors the Republican ticket.
Of those voting for Brownback today, 65% say their mind is made up, compared to 29% who say they may change their mind. Of those voting for Davis today, 69% say their mind is made up, compared to 26% who say they may change their mind.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=40dc3a26-36e4-4819-9dd4-21417e3bf71d&c=12
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)calimary
(83,901 posts)I would love to see him sent to the unemployment line! sam brownBACKWARDS. GOD he's been a reactionary pustule! Wants to send women back to the second century BC.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)let up. Kansas has been run like a taliban colony for 4 years. The state has gone backward.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)gopiscrap
(24,130 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)marble falls
(61,707 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)they will one day be in the 1%. ... if only they work a little harder. ... and vote for the 1%.
marble falls
(61,707 posts)in Teapublican Texas.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)BluegrassStateBlues
(881 posts)because a year is a long time.
But odds are good the GOP will continue this downward spiral.
fishwax
(29,307 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)That Brownie the FREAK would be out?
Fingers crossed.
Cha
(304,374 posts)to Dems in Kansas who are working hard for Paul Davis every single day of the upcoming year!
thanks Randy!
The wingnuts can come up with some loony shit about Davis between then and now - and will - without Brownnose leaving any fingerprints. And with percentages like that in a place like Kansas, that's not all that good. Mildly encouraging for the time being, but it sure as hell isn't anything to write home about. Davis needs to widen the margin by at least 10% to stave off wingnut hijinks. Anything less encourages an aggressor.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I'm hoping we get governor's offices in Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Nevada, and Maine. Along with Virginia that would give us a majority again.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)But, damn, that's good news
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)people of Kansas wanted, which we doubt. He has been an evil pox on Kansas. Hopefully, Kansans will come to their senses, recognize the Brownback pox, and elect leaders, not users ... unless the Koch Brothers machine has destroyed the entire voting system.