Horrible, Horrible Poll Numbers for Stroger

September 9, 2009 by CookReformer
Filed under: Todd Stroger

Todd Stroger might want to start thinking about a new line of work, as new poll numbers put his approval rating in the sub-basement:

Battered for championing Cook County’s sales tax increase and for hiring friends and relatives, Board President Todd Stroger heads into the election season with a strikingly low job-approval rating and thin support from voters, a Tribune/WGN poll has found.

Only 1 in 10 Cook County voters approve of the job he is doing, and just as few want to see him re-elected following a first term marked by tax and hiring controversies, the poll found. The numbers are lower than the 13 percent Gov. Rod Blagojevich had just months before his December arrest on federal corruption charges.

No doubt his staunch support of higher taxes for Cook County citizens hasn’t helped his poll numbers.

Amazing what happens when you stick your finger in the eyes of those you’re supposed to represent, eh?