Polling the State of the State's Voters

Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 6/29/2010 | Tom Gantert

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Trust in state government among Michigan residents and their views of Gov. Jennifer Granholm are at all-time lows, according to a poll released on Monday.

The poll found 43.7 percent of those surveyed said Granholm was doing a "poor" job; 35.5 percent rated her as "fair"; 17.4 percent said "good"; and 3.4 percent said "excellent."

Only 20.8 percent of those surveyed rated Granholm as "excellent" or "good." That's the governor's lowest rating since she took office. The highest was 57.2 percent when Granholm first took office in 2003.

Meanwhile, 37.0 percent of those polled said they seldom or never trust the state government. The previous high was 27.8 percent in 2008.

The poll is done every quarter by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. It involved 1,969 interviews from February through April. The poll was first conducted in 1995.

Leon Drolet, chairman of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance, said he didn't understand how 20 percent of those polled could think Granholm was doing a good job.

"Anybody who doesn't work directly for her should recognize she's done a terrible job," Drolet said. "For some folks, they might feel like (President) Obama needs a longer time for his policies to play out. For Granholm, we've seen the outcome of her policy proposals. I can't understand 20 percent of the people think it has been good."...

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Michi ping

[cripplecreek]

Moleface has gotten exponentially worse since the election of Obama and the beginning of the end of her last term.

[Miztiki]

Half the people in our country are without logic, and their numbers are increasing. Ever notice how, the more populated an area, the more liberal (and wicked) the people become?

Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field,
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.

(Isaiah 5:8)

Lack of space and being alone (despite tons of people around) are not the only woes. I honestly think that cities are inherently evil. Look what happens to people who live in them. They elect people like Jennifer Granholm, twice (!) and after she’s practically destroyed our state, they are somehow able say she’s at least doing a good, if not excellent, job? Crazy!