Posted on 10/05/2014 10:21:01 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the race for U.S. Senate in Kansas, independent candidate and businessman Greg Orman leads Republican incumbent Pat Roberts by 10 points among likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.
Orman’s lead is bolstered by better than a two-to-one lead among independents likely to vote. Voters’ impressions of incumbent Republican Roberts is upside down with nearly half of likely voters viewing him negatively. In contrast, Orman is more positively viewed by likely voters and has lower negatives. Turning to the contest for governor in Kansas, the Republican incumbent, Sam Brownback, faces a tough challenge from Democratic state legislator Paul Davis.
Davis, 44%, and Brownback, 43%, are neck and neck among Kansas likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate. Both of these campaigns are taking place against a backdrop of dissatisfaction with elected officials in Washington.
Many Kansans are displeased with how the Republicans and Democrats are performing in office. A majority also expresses frustration with President Barack Obama.
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Let the Rats run with it. I don’t care.
The GOPE squandered the best chance they had for a big win, they have no message except dissing their own base. I don’t think suppressing your own votes is a winning strategy.
The GOPe has become expert at losing elections, even where it shouldn’t even be close.
Can somebody from Kansas explain to us the hate going on against Sam Brownback?
As governor, he led the state legislature in implementing a series of tax cuts that included a staged reduction in income-tax rates and the repeal of taxes on sole proprietorships.
The state also took little steps to lure or keep business and families. Example: phasing out mortgage-registration fees. In other words, Brownback put out the welcome mat.
Bureau of Economic Analysis data show that non-farm proprietor income, a.k.a. revenue from businesses, including corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships, rose 26 percent from the first quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2014. This rate is higher than those of neighbors Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, and also higher than the nation’s average. Unemployment, every politician’s hot topic, is at 4.9 percent in Kansas, lower than in nearby Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois. According to state economists, the share of total jobs that are private-sector non-farm jobs has risen by 17 percent relative to early 2011. That’s a signal that Kansas is turning to commerce.
As it happens, there’s actually a natural experiment that showcases the results of Brownback’s work: The Kansas City metro area straddles the border between Kansas and a higher-tax state, Missouri. In the period since Brownback began his reforms, Kansas City, Kansas, known as “KCK,” saw a higher rate of new private jobs relative to population than did Kansas City, Mo., “KCMO.”
Other evidence of success: Kansas’s gross domestic product in the last quarter available, the fourth quarter of 2013, grew at an annualized 3.1 percent rate over the preceding quarter, faster than the rate for Oklahoma, Missouri, or Nebraska. Kansas moved up to number 15 from number 32 in the ALEC–Laffer ratings for state competitiveness. Last month, evidence of Kansas’s stand-out performance popped up in a Bureau of Labor Statistics chart noting that 24 states saw unemployment increases, whereas 15 had decreases, with 11 states showing no change.
OK, I’ll stop with the stats here — WHAT IS IT ABOUT BROWNBACK’s POLICIES THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS DON’T LIKE?
Can somebody from Kansas explain to us the hate going on against Sam Brownback?
As governor, he led the state legislature in implementing a series of tax cuts that included a staged reduction in income-tax rates and the repeal of taxes on sole proprietorships.
The state also took little steps to lure or keep business and families. Example: phasing out mortgage-registration fees. In other words, Brownback put out the welcome mat.
Bureau of Economic Analysis data show that non-farm proprietor income, a.k.a. revenue from businesses, including corporations, LLCs, and sole proprietorships, rose 26 percent from the first quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2014. This rate is higher than those of neighbors Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska, and also higher than the nation’s average. Unemployment, every politician’s hot topic, is at 4.9 percent in Kansas, lower than in nearby Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois. According to state economists, the share of total jobs that are private-sector non-farm jobs has risen by 17 percent relative to early 2011. That’s a signal that Kansas is turning to commerce.
As it happens, there’s actually a natural experiment that showcases the results of Brownback’s work: The Kansas City metro area straddles the border between Kansas and a higher-tax state, Missouri. In the period since Brownback began his reforms, Kansas City, Kansas, known as “KCK,” saw a higher rate of new private jobs relative to population than did Kansas City, Mo., “KCMO.”
Other evidence of success: Kansas’s gross domestic product in the last quarter available, the fourth quarter of 2013, grew at an annualized 3.1 percent rate over the preceding quarter, faster than the rate for Oklahoma, Missouri, or Nebraska. Kansas moved up to number 15 from number 32 in the ALEC–Laffer ratings for state competitiveness. Last month, evidence of Kansas’s stand-out performance popped up in a Bureau of Labor Statistics chart noting that 24 states saw unemployment increases, whereas 15 had decreases, with 11 states showing no change.
OK, I’ll stop with the stats here — WHAT IS IT ABOUT BROWNBACK’s POLICIES THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS DON’T LIKE?
Only 23% of Kansas voters feel the country is on the right track.
And only 35% of voters approve of President Obama. While 54% oppose.
And these same people are going to hand their Senate seat to Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer for the next 6 years?
Stupid as stupid.
I guess I never understood this theory. I always vote for the person most not-aligned with the liberal Democrat platform. In the primary it’s usually the (most electable) conservative. And in the general it’s the Republican.
The idea to let a Democrat win to “send a message,” and end up with things like Obamacare, and lifetime lib Supreme Court justices, makes no sense.
After a short time in office these politicians believe they will always be in office. That’s why they don’t even live in their districts anymore. They KNOW that could bit them in the ass one day but they simply don’t care.
Its like saying “I don’t support Hitler, but I won’t vote against him”.
RE: The idea to let a Democrat win to “send a message,” and end up with things like Obamacare, and lifetime lib Supreme Court justices, makes no sense.
Tell that to the many FReepers who either chose to stay home or vote third party in 2012.
The Free Republic friends of the democrat party.
I’ve lived here for a few years now and I’ve come to the conclusion that this state isn’t as red as people think.
OK, can you tell us exactly what it is about Brownback’s policies ( which in my opinion is turning the state in the right direction ) people don’t like...?
Immigration. That is the KEY issue this election. And Roberts and his GOPe backers won’t touch it. He is toast.
He has cut state spending, and lefties are furious. Then there’s the usual Koch this, Koch that.
Do you think that Wolf could have won this race? If you do, you are misinformed. I voted for Wolf, but he never had a chance of winning the general election. The only things that could have happened to change the current situation is for Roberts to have announced his retirement early enough to find a conservative capable of winning, or Roberts could have realized that he was in trouble and started campaigning accordingly.
Roberts did neither, he thought he had a divine right to the seat.
Why don’t you do a google search of “Brownback’s Policies”
In a close election, it is a given, democrats “steal” home base.
The economic engine of the Great Plains states is sputtering and young people are leaving for better opportunities. Brownback is putting Kansas into a competitive advantage by moving to a no income tax economy like Florida and Texas. While we don’t enjoy the climatic advantages, the state is beginning to show that the Brownback plan will work when compared with our neighboring states. With most of the population jammed up against the Missouri border, it’s a winning strategy.
To do this, Brownback purged the liberal Republicans who controlled the power in the legislature. He went after 12 of them and defeated 9 in the primaries. Liberals no longer control state politics and they are mad as wet hens. The teachers union has vowed revenge as has couched his attack on them as an attack on kids. They are the ones opposed to education of our children. This is an attack by liberals on conservatives. Unfortunately, many conservatives have no idea that it’s happening, including a number right here on this forum.
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