We were legitimately surprised three months ago when Public Policy Polling (PPP) released data showing S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley – who at the time had been in office less than five months – with an approval rating of only 42 percent among Palmetto state voters.
Why?
Well for starters, Haley won election with 51.3 percent of the vote. Also, just ten days earlier Haley’s Maryland-based pollster released the results of a survey showing her with a 57.5 percent approval rating among all voters – and a 74 percent approval rating among Republicans.
While we knew those numbers were way too high, but we anticipated her actual approval rating to be somewhere in the 49-51 percent range.
But 42 percent?
“If true, those are positively awful numbers for a governor who has been in office less than five months and is supposedly still enjoying a ‘honeymoon’ period,” we wrote at the time, pointing out that the same Democratic polling firm showed Haley enjoying a 36-24 favorable-to-unfavorable spread shortly after she took office.
Well guess what … three months after Haley’s disastrous early report card, her numbers have actually gotten worse.
According to the latest PPP survey, only 41 percent of South Carolina voters currently approve of the job Haley is doing as governor. Meanwhile, 43 percent disapprove. Sixteen percent of respondents are “not sure” how they feel about Haley.
The only silver lining for the unpopular first-term chief executive? She would still beat Democrat Vincent Sheheen in a head-to-head race.
PPP surveyed 587 South Carolina voters from August 25-28. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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By cash September 2, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Poll the people in the town of Lexington, SC and you might get 10% approval rating…if you’re lucky.
By Gen. Longstreet September 2, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Mrs. Haley ought take no comfort in the numbers versus Mr. Sheheen. History has shown time and again that the true enemy often lurks nearby in the guise of a friend. Who among Her Excellency’s seeming friends has that lean and hungry look? L’audace, l’audace, toujours l’audace!
By johnbar September 2, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Correct ot would be 10% in Lexington.
Where people have known her longer.
She is a joke.
By JustCallMeAva September 2, 2011 at 3:53 pm
It’s the Palin/Bachman effect-give most right-wing voters a half-way decent looking woman and they’ll vote for her, no matter how dumb she actually is. Eventually they wake up and realize they’ve voted for an idiot but by then, the damage has been done. This state needs a recall vote.
By John September 2, 2011 at 3:55 pm
General election ain’t her problem. Primary is.
By johnbar September 2, 2011 at 3:55 pm
I think your book needs to come out quickly before she is old news.
By 5 + 1 = 6 September 2, 2011 at 4:01 pm
True dat, John.
By Ralph September 2, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Those ratings mirror a poll of the low country, done by a senator and a house member.
She won’t be much help to any presidential candidate, except maybe Obama.
She is a one trick pony. Campaign campaign campaign. People are tired of it.
By BigT September 2, 2011 at 4:05 pm
The big problem you Haley-hater-Obsessers have: she’s got 3 more years…
I don’t really like her, and I believe she’ll get beaten in a GOP Primary in 2014, but unless you can catch in a criminal action (not Boz-butt-sniffer conspiracy) obssessing over her just makes you look bad.
By Michael September 2, 2011 at 4:10 pm
As with all polls, we must know the methodology employed. I’m curious to know how it was weighted between R’s and D’s, whites and blacks, propensity for voting, etc. The margin for error is a bit high in the poll.
Not saying I don’t agree that the Gov is probably having some trouble, but it is always good to know the formula when looking at a poll.
By That Boz Guy in the Banana Republic* September 2, 2011 at 4:15 pm
I’m a snootch-sniffer, Big T. I don’t care for butt at all. Neither as a top nor a bottom. Not for pokin’, lickin’,nor sniffin’.
Butt holes have no appeal to me.
YOU have no appeal to me, Big T.
See the connection?
By Andy September 2, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I wonder which lameass sadsack staffer in the gov’s office is getting fucked for fucking up the gov’s fuck up. These guys run SC the way John Cleese ran Fawlty Towers.
By cash September 2, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I was wrong. 10% approval is probably on the high side. Can’t find a soul who admits voting for her. Sad to say, but, Alvin Greene would be doing a better job as governor.
By Bradley September 2, 2011 at 4:40 pm
The solution is simple, let’s just get rid of the world-be queen of South Carolina. While we are at it, let’s also get rid of the non-native born idiot who thinks he is king of the United States. If anything, he is best suited for either court jester or a stable boy cleaning up after the horses (since he is so full of it he should feel right at home there!}.
By STFU September 2, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Why do some pictures show her face looking like a fire that someone put out with a track shoe, and some pictures show her looking like a flawless Indian Princess?
Still don’t understand why she doesnt get those teeth capped.
Folks, you were slumming. She’s a double bagger…
By Torch September 2, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Nobody voted for her, they just marked the straight ticket ballot. From what I can find only 16 states allow some type of stright party vote. Some only in primaries. Some not in elections when there is not a Presidential election.
By Torch September 2, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Got that last line wrong. Some allow straight party voting only when there is no Presidential election.
By Robert September 2, 2011 at 5:31 pm
I did not vote for her and knew stories about her prior to FITS bringing them forward.
But the 10% figure for Lexington is wrong. I live and work in Lexington and the majority of people I encounter like her. Now, that majority is not 90%, but it is far more than 10%.
Remember, SC is a red state with Lexington and Greenville counties being the reddest. Those that consider themselves staunch GOP would vote for Thurmond’s corpse if they could.
By Cid September 2, 2011 at 5:53 pm
Robert is right
SC is not only Republican but hardcore Right Wing Republican
That’s why it’s so amusing to see posters blaming the Democrats for any problems in this state which is TOTALLY controlled by the Republican Party
By Manchester September 2, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Well, Coconut Nookie promoted sex predator Lancaster… and now she is just sitting back and letting him do the slow burn.
By Bil September 2, 2011 at 6:27 pm
i knew she was headed for trouble when she tossed Curtis Loftis over the fence and got in bed with Leatherman and Cooper. the results speak for themselves; largest budget ever, no meaningful reform to government and the pension system growing worse every day.
By Log-odds September 2, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Well, 42% is more than Big T’s 1.5% approval rating and only slightly higher than Stephen Garcia’s blood alcohol content.
By BigT September 2, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Log: I think you supppoet the fact that this site is infested w/ Liberals and Clemson fans…
All the media already caters to you ass-wipes…
By Wacko September 2, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Coconut Nikki must have loved Shannon’s red, rosy, puffy lips.
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By Hear, Hear, Hooray! September 2, 2011 at 9:30 pm
By John September 2, 2011 at 3:55 pm
General election ain’t her problem. Primary is.
By Postal September 2, 2011 at 9:30 pm
If I see one more picture of that hideous..
By Popeye September 2, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Yup, she’s a coconut. Wants to be vanilla, but alas, she’s born to be brown and ugly.
By Tank September 2, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Both numbers within margin of error from last poll…this is news?
By Log-odds September 2, 2011 at 11:01 pm
BIG T, don’t mean to pick a fight….but you’re pretty ignorant. One of those who thinks epsilon is less than zero (math slang).
By Lilly Collette September 3, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Haley is a complete ass and a fraud.
By Lilly Collette September 4, 2011 at 6:45 am
I did not approve of Ms. Haley during the elections and any chance of her EVER gaining my approval ‘TANKED’ when she signed that voter photo ID garbage that George ‘Chip’ Campsen was pushing into law.
The state CANNOT use birth certificates as an instrument in establishing one’s identification when they refuse to address an irrefutable case of BIRTH CERTIFICATE FRAUD. And I have published my evidence all over the internet so that the bimbo could not avoid the message.
By Media Whiz September 4, 2011 at 8:50 am
Make that sex crazed mentally challenged lying bimbo.
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By realreeler September 8, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Its a tid bit funny to see when a woman, especially a conservative, actually DOES SOMETHING! Instead, when our president “talks the talk” he gets applauded. Look at her accomplishments and compare that to those of the president. I’m glad to be living in South Carolina. No, she’s not perfect, yet she has done enough in her 10 months as governor for me to support her, eventhough I did not vote for her. Think and do some valid research before you talk!
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