Matt Gunterman September 20th, 2007

Recall that last month’s Survey USA tracking numbers for Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) placed the embattled incumbent’s popularity above 40 percent for the first time in over two years.

Since the spring of 2007, Fletcher’s approval numbers had been slowly increasing by the smallest of increments. The improvement wasn’t what Fletcher needed to pull out a win in November, but at least he and his rabid supporters could wrap their delusions of eventual triumph and vindication in the knowledge that the trend here was in the positive direction.

That’s the case no more, however.

According to SUSA, Ernie Fletcher’s approval falls this month. If one could ever speak of any momentum on Fletcher’s part in this survey, it is now most certainly lost.

At this point, Fletcher’s political coffin has so many nails in it that all that’s left is for the voters to weld it shut on November 6 and toss it into the depths of the Kentucky River.

Ernie Fletcher: approve/disapprove

Aug. 2007: 40/57
Sep. 2007: 38/58

September 2007 breakdown:

Rep.: 57/39
Dem.: 25/72
Ind.: 29/61

WKY: 52/43
LOU: 31/64
NKY: 36/59
EKY: 34/62

• Ernie Fletcher , Gubernatorial race '07 , Opinion Polls
• Comments(0)