PPP Polls: "Blunt's Approval Numbers Are Already Under Water"

More data from Public Policy Polling today, this time about new Senator Roy Blunt (R-K Street).

Roy Blunt's approval numbers are already under water just a couple months into his first term in the Senate. 37% of voters like the job he's doing to 41% who disapprove. This really isn't particularly surprising because Blunt never had good favorability numbers at any point over the course of his campaign the last couple years.

Blunt should probably send Barack Obama a gift basket. Missourians never did and still don't care for Blunt but they sure as heck weren't going to send another vote for the President over to Washington so folks voted for Blunt anyway despite their lack of personal affection for him.

Blunt's under water because Democrats (73%) are more unified in their dislike of him than Republicans (66%) are in their approval. Independents split slightly against him as well by a 35/37 margin. Blunt seems like someone who would be in a lot of trouble in a neutral or Democratic leaning election cycle but his timing was certainly right last year.