I've enjoyed the comments about His Majesty Bill Richardson...yep, I'm not one of his biggest fans. But he'll still help Kerry.
Anyway, I have some more poll data. Not a head-to-head matchup, sadly. It's long, but who else is doing New Mexico poll data?
Research & Polling, Inc. poll
In the Tuesday, March 23
Albuquerque Journal"Sample of 330 registered New Mexico voters interviewed by telephone March 10-15." 'MoE: + or - 5%'
"Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of President George W. Bush?" 43% FAVORABLE, 38% UNFAVORABLE, 15% MIXED FEELINGS/NEUTRAL, 4% DON'T KNOW/WON'T SAY
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of U.S. Senator John Kerry?" 44% FAVORABLE, 24% UNFAVORABLE, 18% MIXED FEELINGS/NEUTRAL, 14% DON'T KNOW/WON'T SAY
-R&P's head said that the unfavorable will probably rise once Bush's attacks get underway
-Hispanics: Kerry 55% FAVORABLE; Bush 44% FAVORABLE but also 43% FAVORABLE among Anglo voters, so support about equal by race
-Bush favored by 84% of Reps; Kerry favored by 61% of Dems; BOTH received 22% FAVORABLE ratings from members of the opposite party
-Independents: 37% FAVORABLE about Kerry; 29% FAVORABLE about Bush
-EQUAL ratings by men and women
-Albuquerque area (c. 1/3 of voters): 44% FAVORABLE about Kerry; 41% FAVORABLE about Bush.
-East and Northwest [not the reservations, but the oil patch]: 61% FAVORABLE to Bush and 56% FAVORABLE to Bush respectively
-North-Central: 70% FAVORABLE to Kerry
-74% of Baptists and 61% of other Protestants FAVORABLE to Bush; 64% of "other" religious preference and 54% of Catholics FAVORABLE to Kerry
Make of that what you will...
And, another poll, in the Wednesday, March 24
Albuquerque Journal, by Research & Polling (and yes, R&P and the Journal DO have an agreement)
"Sample of 330 registered New Mexico voters interviewed by telephone March 10-15." 'MoE: + or - 5%'
"Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Governor Bill Richardson?" 61% FAVORABLE, 20% UNFAVORABLE, 12% MIXED FEELINGS/NEUTRAL, 7% DON'T KNOW/WON'T SAY
-Reps: 43% FAVORABLE to 38% UNFAVORABLE
-Dems: 74% FAVORABLE
-78% of BOTH Hispanic and Catholic respondents FAVORABLE; 52% Anglo respondents FAVORABLE (to 25% UNFAVORABLE)
-most likely to be unfavorable: Reps (of course) and 'those listing no religious preference', but pluralities in both groups still FAVORABLE
-Independents: 58% FAVORABLE
-North-Central NM: 74% FAVORABLE
Northwest and East: 55% of BOTH areas FAVORABLE
-Albuquerque Metro Area: 60% FAVORABLE
-Richardson best among 18-34 year-olds (72% FAVORABLE); worst among 35-49 year-olds (55% FAVORABLE to 24% UNFAVORABLE)
Man, how many politicians would kill for numbers like that...