How Low Can Rahm Emanuel Go (In Approval Rating)?

[DeSwiss]

The Young Turks · Published on May 19, 2014

"A new poll shows Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) could face trouble in his bid for reelection.

"Conducted on Wednesday by McKeon & Associates for the Chicago Sun-Times' Early & Often page, the survey found that only 29 percent of Chicago voters would support Emanuel if the mayoral election were held today. The results also showed that only one in five Chicago voters believe Emanuel is doing a better job than his predecessor, former Mayor Richard M. Daley.

"'Right now, Rahm is not connecting,' McKeon said, according to the Sun-Times report. 'If he doesn't do that, he's gonna lose.'

The poll included 511 registered Chicago voters, who said they were 'very likely' to go to the polls. The city's mayoral election is set to take place on Feb. 24, 2015.

Back in February 2011, Emanuel easily ousted five rivals with 55 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff by earning the simple majority. By August 2013, a Crain/Ipsos poll showed Emanuel's approval rating had dipped to a point where only two percent of Chicagoans strongly supported his job performance."

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks explains why Rahm Emanuel is so deeply unpopular with Chicago voters, and engages in a bit of "I told you so" over Emanuel's failed policies and low approval rating.

For more, read the Huffington Post story by Chris Gentilviso here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/10/rahm-emanuel-poll_n_5301848.html

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[hollysmom]

1. I can only hope he is in trouble as much as he deserves with his

sell out to the highest bidder ideas.

[DeSwiss]

2. Three letters explain it all:

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- It may be the ''petKoch'' issue what gets him in the end though.....

[QuestForSense]

3. Rahm Emanuel's biggest problem is that he isn't liked, not just by black voters, but by everybody.

His decision to oppose the teachers was a serious miscalculation. The rest of his so-called strengths are just a litany of things to dislike. Get the hook.

[DeSwiss]

4. Yep.

- He can't pirouette his butt out of this one.....

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[swilton]

5. I would like to think

that this was the end of his political career but bad politicians have a way of rising to the surface again and again like a big oil slick.

[DeSwiss]

6. I must remember not to be drinking......

...the next time I read one of your posts. Rising to the surface like a big oil slick!

[kenfrequed]

7. Good!

I about threw a fit when I had first heard that he was President Obama's chief of staff. I knew the president was a lot more centrist then I would prefer but to take one of the worst of the DLC lot from the Clinton years was just galling to me.

Does Rahm have a populist primary opponent?

[blkmusclmachine]

8. Mr. Third Way.

(Belch!)