Chrismer: 47% Approve of Blunt

Forty-seven percent of Missouri voters view Governor Matt Blunt favorably, according to a recent private poll released to the KY3 Political Notebook.

The results of the poll, conducted by American Viewpoint, were provided to the Notebook by Blunt's communication staffer Rich Chrismer.

Chrismer said the firm was in the field with a general election poll on July 23-24th and 27th.

"Unbeknownst to us, this poll sought the fave/unfaves for Gov. Blunt. The poll showed his favorables at 47 percent and his unfavorables at 42 percent," Chrismer said.

"Many of the polling firms like Survey USA have stopped polling Gov. Blunt so we thought you would be interested in some fresh numbers," he added.

American Viewpoint is the polling firm Kenny Hulshof used during his primary against Sarah Steelman, but the firm is well known to have other Missouri clients.