Rod at 47 Approve, 49 Disapprove
That’s the highest Approval and lowest disapproval in the last year. Let’s remember that under 50 for an incumbent is a danger sign, but the track is rather consistent which is interesting. Still not long enough to say for sure, but it looks at least reasonable.
However, we do see some initial trends amongst Conservative voters in all of the categories broken down. It could well be the effect of the campaign to paint Topinka as liberal. That could be temporary or it might just be spite after a nasty primary, but I wouldn’t completely discount the general trend. I can’t stress enough that we need to see more polls, but that trend is consistent throughout all categories and may well indicate some weakness in the Republican base for Judy. That leaves open questions of whether the movement, if true, is temporary and such, but it can’t be a good sign.