No love for the Sheriff
Don't expect to see Andy Griffith in political ads in 2012. A new poll finds his popularity in NC has plunged.
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In past campaign seasons, you could reliably expect Andy Griffith's name to be invoked by North Carolina Democrats up and down the ticket. The longtime Tar Heel celebrity even appeared in ads for Democratic governors Mike Easley and Bev Perdue as recently as 2008.
But another ad he starred in may have done him in.
A poll released today finds him sliding even further. His favorability now stands at 32%, with 23% disapproval. Jensen says the decline in his numbers is spearheaded by GOP disapproval.
The main reason Griffith has dropped so far is that Republicans now express an outright negative opinion of him at 24/39. His favorability was a 35/31 spread with them last fall. Although the fall isn't as dramatic, he's also down with Democrats (from 53/11 to 39/12) and independents (from 40/27 to 28/23).
What would Aunt Bea say?
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