Gov. Brownback [R-KANSAS/Tea Party] In Trouble, Challenger Ahead (canary in '14 Election coal mine?)

[big_dog]

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Source: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g

Kansas Republican Governor Brownback in Trouble; Challenger Davis Narrowly Ahead, One Year till Election Day:
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.

Cell-phone and home-phone respondents included in this research. SurveyUSA interviewed 600 state of Kansas adults 10/23/13 and 10/24/14. Of the adults, 511 were registered to vote and were asked the questions in the survey. This research was conducted using blended sample, mixed mode. Respondents reachable on a home telephone (76% of registered voters) were interviewed on their home telephone in the recorded voice of a professional announcer. Respondents not reachable on a home telephone were shown a questionnaire on their smartphone, tablet or other electronic device.


Read more: Survey USA

[gopiscrap]

1. Yes!!!!

[big_dog]

2. the wingnuts are in real trouble if Brownback is losing in the reddest of tea party states!!

[gopiscrap]

5. That's just excellent!!!

[KansDem]

3. Works for me!

[DURHAM D]

4. Wow - another Democrat named Docking.

Name recognition alone should help out that ticket.

[big_dog]

8. excellent choice for a running mate

[ffr]

6. Hope the DNCC is taking notes and getting operations going there.

[hrmjustin]

7. The link is not working.

[big_dog]

9. survey usa link

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=40dc3a26-36e4-4819-9dd4-21417e3bf71d&c=12

[hrmjustin]

10. Thanks. Please put this in the bottom of your OP.

[adieu]

11. Kansans are realizing

they're the poster boy for derpiness given various books written about them. They're trying to move at least into the 20th century, and hopefully within another decade, can join most of us in the 21st century.

[Aldo Leopold]

12. Let us hope so!

[NewJeffCT]

13. The fact that this is even a race

is bad news for Republicans on a national level.

[Hubert Flottz]

14. Now there's a real ScamBag.

He needs to retire.

[dangin]

15. Kansan here

I contacted Mr. Davis' office to see about volunteering. And like Texas and Austin, Kansas has a blue area in Douglas county. (the university of Kansas) and we're purplish in the whole eastern third of the state. It's the western two thirds where the banjos hold thrall.

[morningglory]

16. Hey! Hold off on insulting banjos! nt

[frylock]

18. where the banjos hold thrall..

I almost choked on an apple!

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. "What's the matter with Kansas"?

[Roarybeans]

19. Yes!

Please, please, please keep this trend going!!!

[KrazyinKS]

20. The Brownback crowd is claiming the poll was conducted by Liberals

Its been on the news for a few days. The tea party crowd claim the poll was biased, conducted by a bunch of Liberals. Didn't Mitt Romney have the same problem? He wouldn't hire pollsters who came up with results he didn't like. Is that a bubble I see?

[William769]

21. Locking.

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