Survey USA: Approval Ratings for All 50 Governors as of 05/10/05

NBC News ^ | May 10, 2005

[MissTargets]

At a Bush rally in Cincinnati last spring, this man was booed by 13,000 people in his own hometown.

Governor Taft was with President Bush, in Northeast Ohio, last summer. His reception was very, very cold by all in attendance. He doesn't get it, and he really doesn't care. It's like he is a power hungry dictator. I really think a Democrat will win the seat, next election.

[RabidBartender]

There is no way in ^&%$ that Matt Blunt (R) has numbers like that. And I question the Sebelius (D) ratings in Kansas as well. Some of her issues have been drawing negative attention.

[ohioWfan]

No matter how bad this survey is, Taft is in the dumpster. A ten percent MoA gives him a whopping 29%.....

KEN BLACKWELL for GOVERNOR!!

(A REAL conservative)

[ohioWfan]

GMTA.............I didn't see your post before I wrote mine. :o)

[ohioWfan]

I really think a Democrat will win the seat, next election.

Then we'd better campaign like crazy for Ken Blackwell and make sure that doesn't happen.

[Eagle of Liberty]

GMTA

Yep.....We NEED to get Blackwell elected. Don't think a Dem will win because whoever that candidate may be would simply continue Taft's AWFUL policies since he is pretty much a RAT anyway.

[FreedomAvatar]

Whoever the next gov is, the only way you're gonna stop the death spiral in Ohio is to cut spending. The taxes in this state suck. Hence, businesses and the young, educated population are leaving in droves.

Under the Taft regime, Ohio has rocketed up to the 9th worst tax hell in the nation. And nearly dead last in job creation.

All Taft and his RINO pals know how to do is play shell games with an oppressive depression-era tax burden. Throw in the public school debacle and you have a state where no business is going to want to reside. There are lots of better choices.

Blackwell has his work cut out for him.

[Mr. Thorne]

Nope.

He ran as Reagan, and has been governing like Mondale.

Thus pissing everybody off...

= )

[nutmeg]

Connecticut ping!

Interesting survey. Gov. Jodi Rell comes in at #4 with a 66% approval rating. Hmmm...

Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent Connecticut ping list.

[muir_redwoods]

I'd like to see this recalculated after Friday if Michael Ross gets executed in CT. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Jodi Rell's already high approval in that she has refused to intervene

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Very nice post. Wisconsin's Governor Doyle (D) has a DISapproval rating of 49%. The only reason he has 41% approval is due to the left-wing nutjobs in Madison, WI and the slackers on the dole (or on the "Doyle" as we refer to it) in Milwaukee. I'm certain this polling is somehow slanted to the left. No one above, say, Sun Prairie, cares for the guy.

He's going to have a tough race come '06. Good! Tommy Thompson, come back! All is forgiven. (He ditched us to become HSS for President Bush.) We need you! :)

[Robert_Paulson2]

50

Ohio

Bob Taft

19%

74%

19 percent approve, all democrats, and the rest of the state hates his guts. what a waste.

[solitas]

I've already printed my bumper sticker:

2006: Rell?
Like hell!

[nutmeg]

I like it! The only problem, though, if Rell doesn't get in, we'll be stuck with even worse: RATs Sec. of State Susan Bysiewicz (who is bankrolling quite a war chest for governor's race 2006, from what I've heard) or Lt. Gov. Kevin Sullivan.

[solitas]

UNLESS another Republican (a REAL, conservative one) steps-in to the ring.