July 24, 2008 - 2:21pm
Poll has good news for Lynch
By Brian Lawson
Category: GovernorTags: UNH Poll, John Lynch, Joe Kenney, Granite State Poll, economy, approval rating
Gov. John Lynch: National Governors Association photoContinuing a week of polls, a UNH poll shows Gov. John Lynch (D-Hopkinton) with an overwhelming lead over his Republican opponent.
Lynch is beating state Sen. Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield) 67 percent to 16 percent. The Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, shows Lynch gaining 45 percent of Republican voters against Kenney.
The poll has Lynch with 72 percent approval rating and 70 percent say the state is heading in the right direction.
22 percent of adults rank the economy as the number one issue followed by 14 percent who say oil prices is their main concern. Education funding comes in with 13 percent and 12 percent are worried about high taxes.
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This makes NO sense.
I have my doubts about the validity of this 'poll'.
Why would Republicans want to vote for someone who is allowing runaway spending and crazy legislation to go through?
Remember, 17.5%
I doubt you all got that much in raises this year.
lynch
i personally lean republican but i have a feeling this poll is right... i think the entire state knows this race is inevitable and im no lynch fan.
lynch campaign should fire some staff, nhgop should focus their money on sununu, pollsters shouldnt spend the money on polls... it is over before it started.
Let him win.
The numbers makes sense as a poll done a month ago indicated that only 27% of New Hampshire knew that the state was running a deficit and that Lynch bonded out $200 mil to cover shortfalls (though over 80% knew who won American Idol).
Throwing Lynch a "bone" (a faux primary candidate that is) just further supports that he doesn't want to debate the issues and has the "let sleeping dogs lay" attitude. I say let Lynch get re-elected as he created most of this fiscal mess and will just further tarnish his image when he goes to run against Gregg in 2010. If he is running a half a billion deficit by the time 2010 rolls around then it will be hard for him to get elected.
Who are these 28% that don't
Who are these 28% that don't approve of Governor Lynch's leadership? Must be more of those Massachusetts Republican transplants that would vote for a monkey if he were running as a Republican! And some suggest they have!
frightening
It's scary that NH Dems would much rather troll PolitickerNH than worry about how their party has run up massive deficits and raised spending through the roof.
idiots!
I find it scary that you don't seem to notice that the majority of politicker nh trolls are Republicans. Buy a clue, dude.
Lynch
The fate of the world is in Casey Crane's hands!
Most Republican Mass
Most Republican Mass transplants moved to NH decades ago when it was obvious that Mass was becoming the East Coast welfare state. They moved to NH because NH still had good schools, decent taxes and people running the government that knew how to save money. In recent years it has been the influx of 'gimme,gimme' tax and overspend liberals from Mass that have helped destroy all the good things in NH and Maine for that matter (so much for progress). It appears the obvious socialistic actions for most liberals is that if you can't get people to share hard earned wealth with their sloths voluntarily then just take it and spread it around.
I think this poll is just more liberal trash that if you say it, it must be true and will influence the fence sitters.
Oh, BTW, I'm not a Republican, I'm a Conservative.
Who's the guy in the
Who's the guy in the background....
liars
polls results that is a big fat lie
who is lynch gay or female
he need to go back where he comes from MA
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