While America waits for the verdict in the Arpaio trial, his approval rating fell in connection with his Obama birther "investigation"

by kevracer Posted 2012/08/06 22:50:10

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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently lost support among his Maricopa County constituents amid a high-profile attempt to prove that President Barack Obama's long-form birth certificate is a forgery, a new poll finds.

According to the poll commissioned by Citizens for a Better Arizona, a group helmed by progressive activist Randy Parraz, a well-known Arpaio critic, the sheriff's favorability rating now stands at 53 percent.

While that is by no means a dismal number, the telephone poll of 600 likely voters showed that about 65 percent of respondents disapproved of Arpaio's birther investigation, and around 50 percent said he did a poor job of keeping politics out of his office's dealings.

Che Guevara - Hero 2012/08/07 13:21:12

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foy49 2012/08/07 15:15:12 (edited)

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We're so proud of "Sherf" Joe Arpiehole out hear in the wild west ! although We would like to get the 100s of millions of $ back that he has cost the Maricopa taxpayers in settled wrongful death suites, and there is that 100 million that was supposed to go to the jails. Did ya ever figure out where that little chunk of change went uncle Joe ? Oh ya there are the pending, and ongoing civil rights lawsuits that will need to be settled be four your departure, also, to --

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Che Guevara - Hero 2012/08/07 13:21:12

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jackolantyrn356 2012/08/06 23:04:43

Obama fixed that one up to attack the Sheriff/

The 600 on th poll may have not been from Arizona or are careful;l selected to be that poll result.

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kevracer to jackola... 2012/08/06 23:30:11

what would be the point of surveying likely voters outside Maricopa County? But I agree the article isn't clear about that

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