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A majority of D.C. voters disapprove of the job D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is doing, according to the results of a WJLA/SurveyUSA poll released this afternoon. Of 500 D.C. voters surveyed, 51 percent disapproved of his job performance, while 40 percent approved.
With a 4.5 percent margin of error, that's fairly evenly split, but more telling is the apparently growing racial divide over Fenty. A whopping 69 percent of black voters disapproved of Fenty, compared with 23 percent who approved. For whites, the numbers were almost the exact opposite: 66 percent approved and 24 percent disapproved.
Based on this poll, Fenty appears to have an attitude problem. Black voters overwhelmingly told pollsters they believe Fenty "cares more about advancing his career than about the city’s needs," with 69 percent agreeing with that statement, while half of white voters felt the same way. And 54 percent of all respondents said their opinion of Fenty has gotten worse since he took office in 2007.
Also interesting: 72 percent of those polled believe crime in the city has decreased in the last year, but apparently Fenty's not getting much credit for that.
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Like anyone needed to see poll results to come to that conclusion.
I'm still a huge fan.
What? Surely you don't mean the alley behind political-heavyweight Bread for the City?
oops wrong thread.
So most voters disapprove of the job he is doing and yet no "serious" challenger has emerged to run against Fenty. I wonder if the $3 million in his campaign coffers has anything to do with that.
Here is hoping Jack Evans is stupid enough to make a try...or better yet Mr. Cranky David Catania. That would be funny the first time Sinclair Skinner goes after Catania he flips out and holds another one of his infamous Health Committee witchhunts! Cannot wait for this one...
Bet one person ain't runnin huh Jimmy...
Fenty is an incompetent buffoon.
sure, a lot of people may not like the man, but a poll like this doesn't mean much without a credible challenger. he could be almost universally reviled, but if he's running unopposed...