That Tea Party stuff was fun during the election, but I'm a beltway boy now.
Posted on 06/24/2013 8:04:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Marco Rubio started off the year as one of the most popular Republicans among the GOP, and according to the latest poll from Rasmussen, he’s still more popular than not. After several months of working on immigration reform, though, Rubio’s numbers have slid significantly within his party — by fifteen points (via Byron York):
Rubio, the most visible advocate of the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform plan, is now viewed favorably by 58% of Republican voters nationwide. That down 10 points since May and 15 points since February. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 16% of GOP voters have an unfavorable opinion of him, while 25% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The level of enthusiasm for Rubio has declined significantly. Today, just 21% of GOP voters have a Very Favorable opinion of the Florida senator. That’s down sharply from 44% in February and 31% in May.
Among all voters, 37% view Rubio favorably, down five points from February, while 35% have an unfavorable opinion of the first-term senator. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are undecided.
The reaction from overall voters hasn’t actually changed much since May, when Rubio was at 39/32. That change is within the margin of error. The reaction among GOP voters has been a little more significant over the last six weeks. In May, Rubio got a 68/10 rating, but now it’s 58/16.
However, a 58/16 is still not exactly a damning favorability rating. There are a lot of 2016 wannabes that wouldn’t mind trading Rubio for those numbers. Six weeks ago, Ted Cruz got a 42/12, and now Rand Paul has a 63/19, but Paul has a 37/43 with overall voters. Among independents, Rubio gets a 41/35 to Paul’s 37/37.
The trend line has to be worrisome (assuming that Rubio’s interested in running for anything more than Senator in 2016), but at a certain point the immigration issue will become fixed in those ratings. So far, it looks as though Rubio has a long way to fall, and not much more downside to risk.
Why is Senator Ted Cruz NOT the most popular Republican, right now?
I can’t help thinking what does Rubio know that we don’t know....That he has successfully persuaded others who were opposing this?
Perhaps it all remains to be seen once the House gets hold of this.....somethings up.
Only Paul and Cruz are true Conservatives... it’s pathetic !!
Rubio is working on a book about the coming immigration fiasco. It’s called “How to Kill a Promising Political Career Without Really Trying”
Does this poll break down El Presidente’s support in Florida?
yep ... wonder what.
To be sure, the Dems are salivating and already have their person selected to run against Rubio when he’s up for re-election. Rubio is a fool.
Rubio is Hispanic and will quite naturally favor Hispanics. Only a white American is dumb enough to not realize that.
“...I would vote for a clone of Mitt Romney grown from his discarded toenail clippings before I would vote for Rubio.”
President Romney would have wholeheartedly supported this immigration bill.
Amongst the Republican voters, he is.
He's a regular old Kelly Ayotte now...
I wonder what as well...this makes no sense to me otherwise. Perhaps Rubio willing to take the heat while the house knows exactly what’s coming once the bill comes to them?
Question...What of the block of 70 that was on a thread here awhile ago? Where’s that at and doing?
All I know is there’s something more to this than we’re seeing.
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, ...
McRubio, always ready to give the middle finger to conservatives!
Because Romney was a filthy Commie atheist faggot,right?
Look for him to switch parties. What a POS!!
So what? Does anyone think this will change his mind on anything? He’s an evil bastard and couldn’t care less.
Rubio miscalculated. He thought that supporting the immigration bill would gain him a political advantage by placating the Hispanics. But it backfired by even more conservatives turning against him.
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