Arizonans aren't happy with decisions their elected officials are making, according to a new poll.
From the East Valley Tribune:
Maricopa County residents are giving a frosty welcome to Gov. Jan Brewer and historically bad marks to the Legislature.
A Rocky Mountain Poll from Behavior Research Center shows Brewer, after 100 days in office, with approval ratings far lower than what her predecessors received when they took office.
Only 24 percent of those surveyed said Brewer was doing an excellent or good job, but 26 percent answered poor or very poor.
By comparison, in April 2003 Janet Napolitano polled at 49-percent approval with her negatives about one-fifth that. In October 1997, after Jane Dee Hull took over as the leader of Arizona’s executive branch, her excellent/good level stood at 45 percent.
But state lawmakers suffered a far worse beating.
Those polled gave the Legislature a positive job rating of 15 percent against 35 percent answering poor or very poor. That net approval of minus-20 is by far the worst polling firm BRC has recorded in at least the last 15 years; in October 2002, lawmakers were 11 percent to the negative.
Among registered voters, the Legislature came in at minus-23 (14 percent approving to 37 percent not).
The results aren't surprising. Arizona is headed in the wrong direction. In just more than 100 days, Brewer and the Legislature have created a safe haven for corporate tax cheats, failed to produce a plan to create jobs, severely cut school funds and eliminated a key job creation tool -- the 21st Century Fund.
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