Campaign Notebook, 6/21: SurveyUSA Approval Ratings

And to think, there almost wasn’t anything Campaign Notebook-worthy today. 

SurveyUSA is out with another round of approval rating polls for the U.S. Senate.  Minnesota’s Norm Coleman comes in at 48 percent approval while the Senate’s funniest freshman, Amy Klobuchar, comes in at 55 percent.  Coleman’s strongest support comes from men between 35 and 54 years old, and his weakest age/gender group is women older than 55.  Klobuchar enjoys strong support from women and from voters in both the 35-to-54 and 55-plus age brackets.

Regardless of head-to-head polls involving electoral rivals, approval polls like this one are considered a strong indicator of future fortunes.  This far from an election, incumbents are considered endangered if they are consistently below 50 percent.

A head-to-head poll can’t be far behind.  Campaign managers:  start your engines spin cycles!