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Poll reinforces Jindal mandate
 Obviously not satisfied with the media's interpretation of the outcome of the 2011 gubernatorial campaign in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal's former chief-of-staff-turned-political consultant is armed with a new poll saying Jindal would have been easily re-elected in October even if turnout had been far higher than the 36 percent of registered voters who bothered to go to the polls.
Now employed by the political consulting firm On Message Inc. of Alexandria, Va., Timmy Teepell oversaw On Message's Nov. 8-10 poll of some 500 voters who cast ballots in the Oct. 22 governor's election. On Message also polled 300 voters who didn't participate in the October primary. The margin of error for the survey of primary voters was plus or minus 4.4 percent. The margin increased to 5.7 percent among non-voters in the October election.
The most surprising finding of the poll wasn't the positive opinion that voters, in general, expressed for Jindal (71 percent). Instead, it was the percentage of voters who feel Louisiana is headed in the right direction.
According to On Message's survey, some 56 percent of primary voters believe Louisiana is on the right track while 55 percent of voters who sat out the October election believe the same. To put that into perspective, some 80 percent of primary voters polled by On Message think the country is headed in the wrong direction. Seventy-four percent of non-voters were of the same opinion.
The latter confirms what we already knew about President Obama's popularity among Louisianians.
According to On Message, Obama's disapproval rating stands at a whopping 61 percent while only 33 percent expressed a positive opinion of the president. It should be noted, though, that shortly after Obama took office in January 2008, some polling captured the president's disapproval rating at roughly 80 percent in Louisiana.
While Obama, a Democrat, remains highly unpopular here, another Democrat, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, fares much better among Louisianians. In fact, she's more popular than her colleague, Sen. David Vitter, a Republican.For the full story, subscribe to the The Concordia Sentinel's NEW E-Edition! |
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