Johnson

Despite my two posts below regarding Tim Johnson's voting record, I would like to congratulate our senator for this:

Sen. Tim Johnson is in a three-way tie for first among U.S. senators in home-state popularity, with 72 percent of South Dakotans surveyed earlier this month saying they approve of the incumbent Democrat.

And Johnson stands alone with the lowest disapproval rating in the Senate, at 22 percent.

Johnson is joined at the top of the SurveyUSA poll for May with Maine Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, who also have 72 percent approval ratings. Snowe and Collins had disapproval ratings of 24 percent and 25 percent.

Johnson’s net approval rating of 50 percent — 72 percent approval minus 22 percent disapproval — was the highest in the Senate. The survey was conducted by telephone with 600 registered South Dakota voters ages 18 and older between May 12 and May 14.