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[MT Gov] Schweitzer snags top job approval ratings
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Dec 25, 2005 06:41am |
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| News Date | Sunday, December 25, 2005 12:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By CHARLES S. JOHNSON
Gazette State Bureau
December 25, 2005
HELENA - Montana voters gave Gov. Brian Schweitzer the highest job approval rating of the state's top elected officials in a new Gazette State Poll.
Sixty-four percent of voters gave Schweitzer a positive job performance score in his first year in office. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was next with 59 percent.
A trio of Republicans followed. Rep. Denny Rehberg was at 58 percent, Sen. Conrad Burns at 51 percent and President Bush at 48 percent, falling below 50 percent for the first time in a Gazette State Poll. All three Republicans saw their job performance scores drop since the last Gazette State Poll in May.
Schweitzer's positive score jumped from 57 percent in the poll in May to 64 percent in December.
In comparison, former Gov. Judy Martz, a Republican, had identical 44 percent job approval scores in May and December of her first year in office in 2001. Republican Gov. Marc Racicot was at 47 percent in May of his first year in office in 1993 and rose to 56 percent in May 1994. There was no Gazette State Poll in December of Racicot's first year in office. |
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