Really: Gov. Sam Brownback Has 18 Percent Approval Rating In Latest Poll

Gov. Sam Brownback responds to a reporter's question during an interview in his Statehouse office in Topeka, Kan., Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Only 18 percent of Kansans are “very” or “somewhat satisfied” with Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) job performance, according to a poll from Fort Hays State University released Friday.

In comparison, President Barack Obama (D) had a job approval rating 10 points higher in the deep red state than the Republican governor: 28 percent.

“This could be some of the lowest approval ratings of any Kansas governor in history,” Bob Beatty, a political scientist at Washburn University, told the Topeka Capital-Journal on Saturday.

The “Kansas Speaks” poll was conducted among 638 Kansas residents 18 years or older from Sept. 14 to Oct. 5 by telephone. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.9 percent.

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  1. The voters in Kansas were very unhappy with Brownback before his reelection, and for some unknown reason they voted in back into office. NOW, they really hate the job he’s doing? You get what you vote for.

  2. Yet, Kansas will vote for him again if he runs for re-election. Facts are too liberal and AmeriKan Jesus.

  3. Just watch. The Okies from Muskogees will gladly hand him another turn, after they’ve forgotten what happened yesterday, and the day before that, and … Memory is fleeting, or non-existent, with these Okies. A microcosm of the GOP, in general, and too often, of the entire voting population in America.

  4. Avatar for quitty quitty says:

    I never knew the citizens of Oklahoma get to elect the governor of Kansas. I guess that answers the question, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”

  5. In some states, polls are meaningless.

    If Brownback were polling under 10%, his SG has so much power and control over the voter rolls & registration & vote apparatus, and GOP-friendly firms do all the voting machines. he could announce this afternoon his intent to run for reelection in say 2018 and the Dems may just as well concede.

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