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Tuesday, July 19, 2011 | noon
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Those are the findings of that same poll conducted last week that found Sen. Dean Heller up by 4 percentage points over Rep. Shelley Berkley (elsewhere on this blog). The poll memo is at right.
Sandoval's approval/disapproval -- 53/29 -- is not Leviathan-like, but certainly healthy, especially in a down economy. His numbers among Democrats -- 37-46 -- are not awful, a sign that he is seen as a moderate, despite his no-new-taxes stance, which buckled late in the legislative session. He is very popular among Republicans (73/10) and very solid with independents (53-26).
The governor's numbers, as you will see, are remarkably consistent among all the areas of the state, solid with men and women and even Hispanics.
I know there are those who will deride the results because it is a Republican poll, but Dave Sackett has produced consistently good numbers in Nevada. And, intuitively, these feel right.
Now Sandoval should put out a statement thanking the state Supreme Court for his robust numbers....
<Shaking head---wondering about the State Workers and Teachers>
Sandoval has three big pluses going for him with democrats in Nevada.
1) He not Jim Gibbons (Dems & Repugs agree with this)
2) He's not a total RW nut job
3) He is smart, articulate & comes across as sincere
Now most democrats in Nevada don't agree with his policies on education, labor and economic diversity, I know I don't. And I also voted for Rory Reid and would do so again.
But...We should all be thankful that he's not Jim Gibbons...
He didn't and he won't get my vote, perhaps many Hispanics will have no problem supporting him.
I don't know for sure, David. He's not paying money that he should from the law suit. Is he still doing the peter to pay paul routine? He may not act like a wingnut, doesn't mean he isn't. He just might be more clever.