Posted on 10/14/2022 9:41:46 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
So, trying to see what's going on with various races, and the last poll I see in the news out of Kansas was taken nearly a month ago, and showed the incumbent ahead something like 44 to 43... But why nothing since?
It has now been over 4 weeks since that poll, and there are only 4.5 weeks or so to the election itself. I know Kansas isn't a highly populace state, but find the gap in polling odd, especially since common "wisdom" is the sitting governor is considered highly vulnerable.
This logically is a fair assessment Kansas is a red state, she got in when voters punished R's for screwing the pooch... but will the continue to keep a D in the executive or return to their historical norm?
She does appear to have a reasonably good approval rating, given the nature of politics today, somewhere in the mid 50s. However there is a VERY unpopular president sitting in the white house that is part of her party... and there will no doubt be a lot of enthusiasm by R voters to vent their frustration, and 40 year high inflation and other things don't bode well generally as I's will take their frustration out against the Demntia Puppets party as well.. but will they cross vote governor?
Polls as we know have been broken for a long time, but she did win by 5 last time while polls showed the R slightly ahead going into election day.
There is no doubt that She got in based on the fall out of Brownbeck's failed economic policies etc... but will the punishment vote that got her in, keep her in? I would think we would be seeing at least some other polling that 1 a month in this race.. just seems odd to me.
I would say if a Democrat had a chance in Kansas it would be in the news. Seeing that there is nothing in the news, then that is a good sign in my opinion.
There’s a lot of interesting races around the country that aren’t getting much polling. Flores vs Gonzales in Texas is one. Some internal polls there are showing a neck-and-neck race — far from the media’s portrayal that the race is in the bag for Gonzales. The only official public poll is from July.
I’m thinking that it’s easier for the media to bury their heads in the sand than admit that a hurricane is coming...
I still don’t understand the unhappiness with Brownback. What exactly did he do?
Democrats would like to forget Kansas.
I hated it when I lived there, but now it’s one of my top choices on alternatives to Colorado.
Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy, ‘cause Kansas is going bye-bye!
I was going to make a similar remark, but I figured someone would beat me to it.
I agree. The only thing I think he is guilty of is being a very good Governor!
He lowered taxes promising the lost revenues would be made up in growth, and the growth never came creating a fiscal mess…. Voters lambasted Republicans for the mess.
Brownback. Was a very good Govenor.
Everything’s up to date in Kansas City.
Kansas is tricky. Don’t forget the wretched Kathleen Sebelius was elected and re-elected there. You just can’t predict what happens there.
Two reasons: Lawrence and Manhattan.
I’m thinking of moving there just to get as far away from the rat race as is reasonably possible. Not the most exciting place to live, but that could be a bonus in the future.
The across-the-board budget cuts for a time have allowed for endless hectoring about ‘cutting funding for schools’ - which is pretty difficult to understand given the palatial nature of so many schools in Kansas.
Every dollar and grant for CAPITAL expenditures, and pennies for staffing.
Current challenger has been bearing the albatross of Brownback-sins with incredibly annoying and repetitive commercial blitz since back in (literally) January/February.
Given the overspend, and the complete lack of any official discussion of Covid response - I’m pretty sure the dumb-clucks will end up putting the Dem back in.
No news is great news.
Except to the pollsters.
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