I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
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Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Susana Martinez’s leads by 10 percent in the gubernatorial race, virtually unchanged from a 9 percent lead earlier this month, accordging to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. The new poll shows Martinez is leading her Democratic opponent Diane Denish 52 percent to 42 percent.
Yesterday, both campaigns released internal polls that showed drastically different views of the race. The poll released by Denish showed a race that is virtually tied while the Martinez poll showed an 8 percent lead for the Doña Ana County District Attorney.
Democrats’ popularity, including Denish’s have rebounded somewhat from the poll earlier this month but Martinez’s popularity continues to stay high. Rasmussen reports:
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the state’s voters share a favorable opinion of Martinez, including 33% who view her Very Favorably. Thirty-six percent (36%) view the Republican nominee unfavorably, including Very Unfavorable reviews from 25%.
For Denish, favorables are 46% and unfavorables are 50%. Those numbers include Very Favorable marks from 31% and Very Unfavorable opinions from 28%.
Gov. Bill Richardson continues to be unpopular in the state according to this poll. Richardson has an approval rating of 39 percent and 57 percent disapprove of his job performance. This is actually up from earlier this month, but within the margin of error. And 53 percent approve of the way that President Barack Obama is doing his job while just 43 percent disapprove.
The poll does not poll those who are cell-phone only households which has an effect on polling and a study by the Pew Research Center showed support for the Democratic candidate could be understated by 1 percent and support for the Republican candidate could be overstated by 3 percent. This is because young voters are both most likely to not have a land line and likely to vote Democratic.
The poll of 750 likely voters was conducted on October 24. The margin of error on the poll is +/- 4 percent.
Scott Rasmussen, who runs Rasmussen Reports, did polling for the Republican National Committee and for Republican President George W. Bush.
