Latest news out of Nebraska today courtesy of Public Policy Polling’s newest poll:
A new Public Policy Polling survey finds that Nebraska voters are very unhappy withCongressional Republicans, and Senator Deb Fischer is quite vulnerable headed into the2018 election. Only 35% of Nebraskans approve of Fischer ’s job performance, while 45%disapprove, and 19% approve of the job the Republicans in Congress are doing. A large majority of voters (73%) disapprove of how Congressional Republicans are handling the issue of health care, and 56% disapprove of how they are handling taxes. When asked if they think Senator Fischer deserves to be re-elected or if they think it is time for someone new, 48% said it is time for someone new and only 35% believe she should be re-elected.
In 2012, Fischer won her election for U.S. Senate by a 15-point margin, but the upcoming election is looking to be closer. In a hypothetical election matchup, Fischer (42%) was leading against Democrat Jane Raybould (31%). After being given Democrat Jane Raybould’s background and asked again who they would vote for, Raybould leads: 38%said they would vote for Raybould and 35% said they would vote for Fischer. Once they were presented with Raybould’s background, the number of independents who said they would vote for her went from 38% to 51%. A large majority (71%) of Nebraskans don’t yet know who Raybould is, but as voters learn about her background it is likely that Fischer will become even more vulnerable.
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