Poll: Only 34 percent of Californians approve of Pelosi's performance

The Hill ^ | 10/19/09 01:05 PM ET | Jordan Fabian

[BradtotheBone]

A poll released over the weekend shows that only 34 percent of Californians approve of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) job performance, down 14 points from March.

The study, conducted by the Field Research Corportation, also showed that 44 percent of respondents disapproved of her job performance while 22 percent held no opinion. In the organization's last poll in March, 48 percent of respondents approved of Pelosi's job performance while 35 percent disapproved.

Democrats approved of Pelosi's performance as leader by a count of 51-23, with 26 percent expressing no opinion. Republicans overwhelmingly disapproved of her performance: 7 percent approved, 79 percent disapproved and 14 percent said they held no opinion.

39 percent of "non-partisans" approved of her while 37 percent disapproved, with 24 percent responding that they had no opinion.

Pelosi's job approval had sunk to similar lows in October and December 2007 during President George W. Bush's second term.

In the last seven months, the House of Representatives has taken on a number of big-ticket issues. The lower chamber passed a cap-and-trade energy bill and has drafted sweeping healthcare reform legislation that includes a controversial public health insurance option.

The economic stimulus bill was signed into law in February but critics of the legislation have pointed to high unemployment as a sign the bill has failed to achieve its goals. Democratic leaders and the Obama administration have defended the measure's role in stabilizing the economic downturn.

The study polled 1,005 Californians by phone from Sept. 18 to Oct. 5.

[Tzimisce]

I’ll try to act surprised when she gets re-elected in an 80% landslide.

[tom h]

"Only 34 percent of Californians approve of Pelosi's performance"

Sounds high -- must be a biased poll.

[ridesthemiles]

But she still gets elected over and over and over and over again.

Has anyone noticed that both of the 2 senators are from within about 100 miles of each other and all in the San Fran area?

For a state as large and diverse as California, that doesn’t give much ‘representation’.

[Theodore R.]

Term limits are impossible to implement. Even Lindsey Graham would fight them!

[Theodore R.]

In the words of the late Texan Ann W. Richards, the CA people “cain’t hep it”.

[Huskrrrr]

How right you are.

[precisionshootist]

“Term limits are impossible to implement. Even Lindsey Graham would fight them!”

Impossible to implement? If it’s impossible (which I don’t believe) then we must not have a representative government. We can implement term limits. The people still run this country not Lindsey Graham who is one of many elected officials that are the source of this problem. He and many others should not have to fight term limits because he should have been back in the private sector many years ago. If you oppose term limits as an elected official then you are the very reason to implement them.