Olympia J. Snowes position as the only Republican to vote for the Senate Finance Committees health care overhaul bill (S 1796) may end up costing her support in her home state of Maine according to a poll by Public Policy Polling conducted Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Almost half the Republicans surveyed (46 percent) now disapprove of her job performance compared with 40 percent who approve of it.
Thanks to backing from Democrats (60 percent) and independents (51 percent) her overall approval rating stands at 51 percent with 36 percent disapproving and 14 percent not sure. But her numbers among both Republicans and Democrats have declined from three weeks ago; Republicans are upset that she backed a Democratic bill and Democrats are not pleased by her reluctance to support the government-run insurance alternative known as the public option.
Snowe could face difficulties in her 2012 re-election bid the poll found as 59 percent of likely Republican primary voters said they would prefer to vote for a more conservative candidate.
The telephone survey with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points was conducted among 1133 likely voters. The margin of error among 415 likely GOP primary voters interviewed was 4.8 percentage points.
Olympia J. Snowes position as the only Republican to vote for the Senate Finance Committees health care overhaul bill (S 1796) may end up costing her support in her home state of Maine according to a poll by Public Policy Polling conducted Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
Almost half the Republicans surveyed (46 percent) now disapprove of her job performance compared with 40 percent who approve of it.
Thanks to backing from Democrats (60 percent) and independents (51 percent) her overall approval rating stands at 51 percent with 36 percent disapproving and 14 percent not sure. But her numbers among both Republicans and Democrats have declined from three weeks ago; Republicans are upset that she backed a Democratic bill and Democrats are not pleased by her reluctance to support the government-run insurance alternative known as the public option.
Snowe could face difficulties in her 2012 re-election bid the poll found as 59 percent of likely Republican primary voters said they would prefer to vote for a more conservative candidate.
The telephone survey with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points was conducted among 1133 likely voters. The margin of error among 415 likely GOP primary voters interviewed was 4.8 percentage points.
