May 11, 2009The state’s new Republican governor, Jan Brewer, has favorables of 55% and unfavorables of 38%. The former Secretaty of State, she assumed the top job in January when then-Governor Janet Napolitano became President Obama’s secretary of Homeland Security.
Fifty-one percent (51%) approve of Brewer’s job performance, while 45% disapprove.
Voters in the state were closely divided in January over whether Brewer would do a better job as governor than Napolitano.
Arizona voters are evenly divided over how Obama is performing in the White House: 49% approve, 50% disapprove. This is noticeably below the national rating reported in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
75% of GOP voters say Sen. John McCain is at least somewhat likely to win the Republican Senate Primary. That figure includes 46% who say it is Very Likely.
Overall, 64% of the state’s voters say McCain is at least somewhat likely to win the GOP primary. Thirty-six percent (36%) think he is Very Likely to win.
Just 4% of Arizona voters have a Very Favorable opinion of McCain’s only announced Republican opponent, former Minuteman head Chris Simcox. Another 4% have a Very Unfavorable view. Thirty-five percent (35%) hold less firm opinions and 57% don’t know enough about him to venture an opinion. This high level of undecideds is often the case for political newcomers this early in the electoral process.
As for McCain himself, he is viewed favorably by 65% and unfavorably by 35%. This is an improvement for McCain, who just before the presidential election last November was seen favorably by 59% of Arizona voters and unfavorably by 40%. However, just 22% have a Very Favorable opinion of the long-time incumbent and 15% hold a Very Unfavorable view.
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