PPP surveys Massie's favorability in Kentucky and senate matchups vs. Dems

[jct74]

Q15 Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Thomas Massie?
Favorable......................................... ............... 14%
Unfavorable .................................................. .. 13%
Not sure .................................................. ....... 73%

Q18 If the candidates for US Senate next year were
Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat
Steve Beshear, who would you vote for?
Thomas Massie ................................................ 38%
Steve Beshear .................................................. 43%
Not sure .................................................. ........ 19%

Q19 If the candidates for US Senate next year were
Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Crit
Luallen, who would you vote for?
Thomas Massie ................................................. 37%
Crit Luallen........................................... ............ 35%
Not sure .................................................. ........ 28%


Public Policy Polling surveyed 1,108 registered voters from June 18th-21st. The margin of error
for this survey was +/-2.9%. 80% of participants responded via the phone, while 20% of
respondents who do not have landlines completed the survey over the Internet.


http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/m...-kentucky.html
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...3458923458.pdf





For discussion of Rand Paul poll results, go here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...tchups-vs-Dems

[luctor-et-emergo]

Those are pretty good numbers.

Q15 shows he doesn't have great name recognition (in the rest of Kentucky, I bet it's pretty good in his district)
Q18 shows despite not having good name recognition he still does pretty well

Especially considering that he has not shown any intention of running.

[TaftFan]

So basically, he is not well known.

[jct74]

this is what PPP wrote about the Massie polling:

If Paul were to somehow win the Republican nomination we do find that hypothetical match ups for Beshear and Luallen with Thomas Massie as an alternative GOP candidate would start out as toss ups. Beshear leads Massie 43/38 while Massie leads Luallen 37/35. A lot of that potential competitiveness for Democrats may tie back to Massie only having 27% name recognition though.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/m...-kentucky.html

[Sola_Fide]

So basically, he is not well known.

Yes. Except in northern Kentucky.

[Sola_Fide]

this is what PPP wrote about the Massie polling:



http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/m...-kentucky.html

There is no doubt in my mind that Thomas would win a Senate seat in Kentucky.

Edit: But he might be waiting for McConnell to retire.