Boehner approval rating down in Ohio poll
By JAKE SHERMAN | 8/26/11 2:20 PM EDT Updated: 8/26/11 4:31 PM EDT
Nearly half of Ohioans disapprove of John Boehner’s job performance as speaker of the House, while a third approve, according to a poll released Friday.
The Public Policy Polling survey of 792 participants in Boehner’s home state, found the Ohio Republican’s approval rating has slid to 34 percent, down three points since May. The poll, conducted in August, found 47 percent disapprove of the job that Boehner is doing, while 19 percent of respondents are undecided.
Though PPP’s findings generally match nonpartisan polls, it is a Democratic firm — hardly friendly to a 20-year Republican member of Congress like Boehner. A drop is to be expected as Boehner’s speakership progresses and he becomes a more central figure in the daily machinations of national politics.
Boehner’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
One consolation for the speaker: He still is far more popular than Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is in his home state. Just 34 percent of those surveyed had a more favorable opinion of Pelosi, while 49 percent had a more favorable opinion of Boehner. The rest said they were not sure.
The most recent deal Boehner cut with President Barack Obama also was unpopular in the poll. Forty-five percent of Ohioans said they thought the debt-ceiling deal was a bad thing for the economy, while just 27 percent considered it good. Eighty-two percent indicated that they don’t think the deal will solve the nation’s massive deficit problem.
But the bigger trouble for Boehner might be for his claim to the speaker’s gavel itself: Less than a year after Republicans snatched five seats from Democratic House members to help flip the majority, PPP found 42 percent of those polled would vote for a Democrat, while 37 percent would vote for a Republican.
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