The new national survey from Public Policy Polling (D) has bad news for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele: A strong plurality of GOP primary voters, just shy of a majority, want him gone.
The poll asked: “Would you like to see Michael Steele continue as chairman of the Republican Party or would you rather he was replaced?” The result was only 23% to have him continue, against 47% who want him replaced. The survey of national Republican primary voters has a ±4.9% margin of error.
Oddly, as PPP’s Tom Jensen notes, the party’s successes have done nothing to help Steele — things have only gotten worse. In the previous PPP survey from July, 27% wanted him to stay, and only 28% wanted him replaced.
It should be noted that the RNC chairmanship is not up for popular vote, but is an insider’s game voted on by the committee members. On the other hand, these numbers suggest that there is no popular constituency that might persuade the insiders to keep Steele around — and if numerous press reports are to be believed, it’s the insiders who really have it in for him.
