Joe Lieberman's Popularity Continues to Tank

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from AlterNet's PEEK:



Joe Lieberman's Popularity Continues to Tank

Posted by Kos , Daily Kos at 3:17 PM on April 7, 2008.

Only Republicans seem to like old Joe these days.




Given Lieberman's high-profile efforts on behalf of John McCain, I wondered how his constituents were taking it. So I had independent pollster Research 2000 reprise a poll I commissioned last year testing a rematch between Ned Lamont and Joe Lieberman. I found last year that buyer's remorse had set in. It's even worse this year.



Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 3/31-4/2. Regular voters. MoE 4% (9/10-12/2007 results)


If you could vote again for U.S. Senate, would you vote for Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, or Joe Lieberman, an Independent?

All

Lamont (D) 51 (48)


Lieberman (I) 37 (40)


Schlesinger (R) 7 (9)



Democrats

Lamont (D) 74 (72)


Lieberman (I) 19 (25)


Schlesinger (R) 2 (3)



Republicans

Lamont (D) 4 (7)


Lieberman (I) 74 (69)


Schlesinger (R) 19 (24)



Independents

Lamont (D) 53 (49)


Lieberman (I) 36 (38)


Schlesinger (R) 6 (9)



Lieberman has shored up his support with Republicans, who clearly see him as one of their own. He has predictably lost ground among Democrats. But interestingly, he also lost the same amount of ground (six points) with independents.

Clearly, his whole "independent" schtick isn't playing well with real independent voters. I'll have more on this poll later today. The crosstabs are below the fold. Crosstabs for last year's poll can be found here. Unfortunately, there's no approve/disapprove numbers from last time since I forgot to ask for that data (I think it was my first poll ever commissioned).


CONNECTICUT POLL RESULTS - APRIL 2008


The Research 2000 Connecticut Poll was conducted from March 31 through April 2, 2008. A total of 600 likely voters who vote regularly in state elections were interviewed statewide by telephone.

Those interviewed were selected by the random variation of the last four digits of telephone numbers. A cross-section of exchanges was utilized in order to ensure an accurate reflection of the state. Quotas were assigned to reflect the voter registration of distribution by county. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/81629/