It was not long ago that there was no doubt as to the neutral standing of the prestigious Gallup Poll organization as to issues pertaining to national politics. That impression has been destroyed.
Most recently Gallup published the "results" of a nationwide, state-by-state analysis of how each of the 50 states was leaning politically. What caught my eye immediately was the report on the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Gallup reported that Kentucky was leaning Democrat.
Let's look at the real facts. A majority of the voters in the State of Kentucky cast their ballots for the Republican Presidential candidates in 2000 and 2004 and 2008. These same voters have elected Republicans to both of Kentucky's US Senate seats and currently 4 out of 6 Kentucky members of Congress are Republicans. How in the world can these open and clear facts in any way support a representation that Kentucky is leaning in favor of the Democrat Party?
Currently the very conservative, Republican, Tea Party backed Rand Paul is ahead in the polls (not Gallup) over his Democrat opposition for the US Senate seat being vacated by Republican Jim Bunning. Polls also show that President Obama currently has no chance to carry Kentucky should he seek re-election in 2012.
There are only 3 possibilities for this misleading Gallup report: 1) Gallup is lazy and just did not do a good reach job; 2) Gallup made an error and failed to catch it before publication; or 3) Gallup itself or maybe the employee assigned to the Kentucky desk are Obama fans and did everything possible to slant the results.
The record can be set straight by understanding that Kentucky is a conservative state; traditionally dominated by Democrats in local elections; but absolutely not willing to back an over-reaching, intrusive federal government led by individuals who can be easily identified as liberal/socialist/progressives.
As much as Gallup would like it, Kentucky is not nationally leaning Democrat and will never elect Obama or anyone like him.
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