Kyrsten Sinema Would Lose 2024 Arizona Primary in a Landslide: Poll

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Support for Senator Kyrsten Sinema in her home state of Arizona is at rock bottom according to a survey by one polling firm, whose findings suggest she faces an uphill battle to retain her Senate seat should she seek re-election in 2024.

Already under fire for her obstruction of her party's Build Back Better agenda, Sinema was censured by Arizona Democrats last week for backing the GOP in keeping the Senate's filibuster rules, effectively scuppering chances of passing landmark voting rights legislation.

A survey by the liberal pollsters Data For Progress found these stances are hurting her standing among voters in the Grand Canyon State.

A poll conducted between January 21 and January 24 of 673 likely Democratic primary voters found her well behind progressive Representative Ruben Gallego, who is rumored to be considering a Senate run in two years' time when Sinema's term is up.

The poll, with a four-percent margin of error, found that she trailed by 58 percentage points behind Gallego in a hypothetical head-to-head.

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Only 16 percent of respondents would back Sinema, in a primary contest compared with 74 percent who would vote for the former U.S. Marine, who is currently the representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district.

This is a slump of seven percentage points from the 23-percent support she had in the same firm's poll in October, in which 62 percent of respondents said they would vote for Gallego in a head-to-head.

Data for Progress said that its initial polling found Gallego "to be in the best position to beat Sinema in 2024," and that its latest data has shown that in the last three months, "Sinema's favorability has dipped even further—and that Gallego's potential to secure a primary victory has increased."

While Gallego has not committed to running against Sinema, he has been in the frame as a potential challenger to the current senator since last year.

He has batted off speculation regarding a challenge, telling MSNBC on Tuesday, "I'm not going to make that determination right now."

2024 #AZSen Democratic Primary Poll, Head-2-Head:

Kyrsten Sinema 17%@DataProgress ~ 673 LV ~ 1/21-1/24https://t.co/kZNLwMFMjg — PollTracker (@PollTrackerUSA) January 27, 2022

The poll's respondents were also asked who they would vote for in a Democratic primary match off with Tucson Mayor Regina Romero. Only 17 percent said they would back Sinema—49 percentage points less than Romero's 66 percent.

While around 80 percent of likely Democratic primary voters in Arizona have favorable views of President Joe Biden and the state's other Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, less than a fifth (19 percent) had a favorable opinion of Sinema.

Her disapproval rating of 76 percent gave her minus 57 points net favorability overall.

However, as previously reported by Newsweek, David A. Bateman, an associate professor of government at Cornell University, said it was too soon to write Sinema off just yet.

He said last week that Sinema could "read the electoral landscape of Arizona better than we can" and that she knew which donors "she can spare and which she can't."

Meanwhile, in a statement to The Hill last week, Sinema's spokesperson Hannah Hurley said that the senator had "always promised Arizonans she would be an independent voice for the state—not for either political party."

"She's delivered for Arizonans and has always been honest about where she stands," the statement said. Newsweek has contacted Sinema's office for comment.

Jaybetav2 on January 27th, 2022 at 13:50 UTC »

The first big flaming red flag that this one is a complete nutjob was during her senate campaign. She liked to tell her story of growing up dirt poor and living in an abandoned gas station with no electricity. Her sister came out and said it was a total lie. She won anyway. But anyone who flagrantly lies like that is a narcissist with flairs of sociopathy. I mean, she refused to put her hand on the Bible when she was sworn in because she wasn’t religious- and now she’s running around with a big honking gold cross around her neck.

She has no core. Like all empty opportunists.

jhitch15 on January 27th, 2022 at 13:23 UTC »

She sucks ass but her actions are also bizarre. Like yes it pays well to be a corrupt asshole but she couldn’t slow down even a little? Like it pays more to be slightly corrupt over a long period of time. Anyway glad she’s doomed

Inspectorgadget4250 on January 27th, 2022 at 13:08 UTC »

Unfortunately, it's 2022.