There hasn’t been a poll for some time on President Barack Obama’s approval rating in Kentucky.
But he got one in the Kentucky primary on Tuesday, and Democrats – yes, Democrats – sent him a strong message that they don’t approve of him.
While Obama received 58 percent of the votes cast in the Democratic primary, 42 percent went to “Uncommitted,” a nameless, faceless, shapeless opponent who never spent a dime or ran an ad in the contest.
Of course, we know that Obama has not been a popular figure in Kentucky or the Appalachian region for a variety of reasons – ideological (he’s perceived as liberal), political (he’s frequently criticized as anti-coal) and personal (too many factors to list in this last category).
Anyway, take a look at where “Uncommitted” bested Obama in Kentucky – it was in an arc from eastern counties through north central counties, a swatch of western counties, as well as a scattering of counties in the central part of the commonwealth.
Of Kentucky’s 120 counties, here are the 67 counties where “Uncommitted” beat Obama:
Anderson
Ballard
Barren
Bath
Bourbon
Brackett
Breathitt
Bullitt
Caldwell
Carlisle
Christian
Clinton
Crittenden
Elliott
Estill
Fleming
Floyd
Fulton
Grant
Graves
Green
Harlan
Harrison
Hart
Henry
Hickman
Hopkins
Jackson
Jessamine
Johnson
Knott
Larue
Lawrence
Lee
Leslie
Letcher
Livingston
Logan
Lyon
Magoffin
Marshall
Martin
Mason
McCreary
McLean
Mercer
Montgomery
Morgan
Muhlenberg
Nicholas
Owen
Pendleton
Perry
Pike
Powell
Robertson
Rockcastle
Russell
Simpson
Spencer
Todd
Trigg
Trimble
Union
Washington
Webster
Wolfe
