Posted on 09/20/2005 3:18:47 PM PDT by RWR8189
| APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 50 GOVERNORS (Released 09/20/05) | ||||||||||
| SORTED BY 09/05 'NET JOB APPROVAL' (approval minus disapproval) | ||||||||||
| 09/05 | Net 09/05 Approval |
Link to Interactive Tracking Graphs with Sub-Selects for Demographics |
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| # | State | Name | Party | '04 ECV | Approve | Disapprove | ||||
| 1 | South Dakota | Rounds, Mike | R | Bush | 76% | 20% | 56% | South Dakota Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 2 | Connecticut | Rell, Jodi | R | Kerry | 75% | 21% | 54% | Connecticut Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 2 | North Dakota | Hoeven, John | R | Bush | 75% | 21% | 54% | North Dakota Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 4 | Utah | Huntsman, Jon | R | Bush | 72% | 23% | 49% | Utah Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 5 | Wyoming | Freudenthal, Dave | D | Bush | 69% | 24% | 45% | Wyoming Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 6 | Virginia | Warner, Mark | D | Bush | 66% | 26% | 40% | Virginia Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 7 | Montana | Schweitzer, Brian | D | Bush | 66% | 27% | 39% | Montana Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 8 | New Hampshire | Lynch, John | D | Kerry | 65% | 27% | 38% | New Hampshire Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 9 | Nebraska | Heineman, Dave | R | Bush | 63% | 26% | 37% | Nebraska Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 10 | Vermont | Douglas, Jim | R | Kerry | 65% | 30% | 35% | Vermont Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 11 | North Carolina | Easley, Michael | D | Bush | 64% | 30% | 34% | North Carolina Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 12 | West Virginia | Manchin, Joe | D | Bush | 62% | 30% | 32% | West Virginia Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 13 | Hawaii | Lingle, Linda | R | Kerry | 61% | 32% | 29% | Hawaii Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 14 | Georgia | Perdue, Sonny | R | Bush | 61% | 34% | 27% | Georgia Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 15 | Nevada | Guinn, Kenny | R | Bush | 58% | 32% | 26% | Nevada Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 16 | Kansas | Sebelius, Kathleen | D | Bush | 59% | 34% | 25% | Kansas Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 17 | Arizona | Napolitano, Janet | D | Bush | 60% | 36% | 24% | Arizona Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 18 | Oklahoma | Henry, Brad | D | Bush | 59% | 35% | 24% | Oklahoma Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 19 | Idaho | Kempthorne, Dirk | R | Bush | 57% | 35% | 22% | Idaho Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 20 | Alabama | Riley, Bob | R | Bush | 58% | 37% | 21% | Alabama Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 21 | Arkansas | Huckabee, Mike | R | Bush | 58% | 38% | 20% | Arkansas Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 22 | Mississippi | Barbour, Haley | R | Bush | 58% | 39% | 19% | Mississippi Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 22 | New Mexico | Richardson, Bill | D | Bush | 57% | 38% | 19% | New Mexico Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 24 | South Carolina | Sanford, Mark | R | Bush | 55% | 39% | 16% | South Carolina Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 25 | Iowa | Vilsack, Tom | D | Bush | 55% | 40% | 15% | Iowa Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 26 | Colorado | Owens, Bill | R | Bush | 54% | 42% | 12% | Colorado Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 27 | New Jersey | Codey, Richard | D | Kerry | 51% | 40% | 11% | New Jersey Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 28 | Minnesota | Pawlenty, Tim | R | Kerry | 54% | 44% | 10% | Minnesota Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 28 | Rhode Island | Carcieri, Don | R | Kerry | 52% | 42% | 10% | Rhode Island Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 30 | Florida | Bush, Jeb | R | Bush | 53% | 44% | 9% | Florida Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 31 | Maryland | Ehrlich, Robert | R | Kerry | 50% | 45% | 5% | Maryland Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 31 | Massachusetts | Romney, Mitt | R | Kerry | 51% | 46% | 5% | Massachusetts Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 33 | Texas | Perry, Rick | R | Bush | 49% | 45% | 4% | Texas Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 34 | Tennessee | Bredesen, Phil | D | Bush | 48% | 48% | 0% | Tennessee Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 35 | Oregon | Kulongoski, Ted | D | Kerry | 45% | 47% | -2% | Oregon Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 35 | Pennsylvania | Rendell, Edward | D | Kerry | 46% | 48% | -2% | Pennsylvania Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 35 | Wisconsin | Doyle, Jim | D | Kerry | 46% | 48% | -2% | Wisconsin Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 38 | Indiana | Daniels, Mitch | R | Bush | 45% | 49% | -4% | Indiana Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 38 | Washington | Gregoire, Christine | D | Kerry | 45% | 49% | -4% | Washington Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 40 | Delaware | Minner, Ruth | D | Kerry | 45% | 50% | -5% | Delaware Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 41 | New York | Pataki, George | R | Kerry | 43% | 51% | -8% | New York Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 42 | Louisiana | Blanco, Kathleen | D | Bush | 41% | 56% | -15% | Louisiana Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 43 | Maine | Baldacci, John | D | Kerry | 40% | 56% | -16% | Maine Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 43 | Michigan | Granholm, Jennifer | D | Kerry | 40% | 56% | -16% | Michigan Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 45 | Illinois | Blagojevich, Rod | D | Kerry | 36% | 56% | -20% | Illinois Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 46 | Missouri | Blunt, Matt | R | Bush | 36% | 60% | -24% | Missouri Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 47 | Kentucky | Fletcher, Ernie | R | Bush | 33% | 61% | -28% | Kentucky Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 48 | California | Schwarzenegger, Arnold | R | Kerry | 32% | 65% | -33% | California Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 49 | Alaska | Murkowski, Frank | R | Bush | 30% | 65% | -35% | Alaska Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| 50 | Ohio | Taft, Bob | R | Bush | 17% | 79% | -62% | Ohio Governor Approval Tracked | ||
| Weighted Average | 47% | 48% | -1% | |||||||
| ('Weighted Average' means each state is weighted proportionally to its share of USA population. For example, California, the most populated state, is given 71 times the weight of WY the least populated state, in a weighted avg.) |
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| Unweighted Average | 53% | 41% | 12% | |||||||
| ('Unweighted Average' means each state is given equal weight; population density is not taken into account). | ||||||||||
Yes. My gov. Bob Shaft is still the least popular governor in the U.S.
Blanco at # 42 How comical.
She beats Arnold. LOL
Wow.. taft at 17% approval ratings.
I'm shocked that our Governess Granholm is lower than Blanco.
Perry still doesn't care.
Amazing. I guess 17% of all Ohians are lobbyists in Columbus.
The ones that surprised me were Murkowski (AK) and Gregoire (WA). Why is his so low and hers so high?
Does anybody know if Mark Sanford of SC has talked about running for President?
Only because his opponents are even lamer than he is.
Huckabee, Mike R Bush 58% 38% 20%
A bit misleading - especially when you consider the 38% disapprove are conservatives!
THIS from a person who thinks he is worthy of being considered for national office? Maybe as a democrat.
Or Dems who are pretty happy with Taxt's tax increases and general embarrassment of the Republican party.
How bad do you have to be to rate 24% below Governor Blanco?
In the Virginia Plantation, Mark Warner appears to be loved even though he rammed through one of the biggest tax increases in state history. Of course it was mostly on cigarettes so will impact the poor hardest, but you never hear that because he's a Dem.
Holy moly Bob Taft at 17%, I don't live in Ohio what has Taft done to earn that approval rating?
Poor Arnold!
I figure Blanko's ratings are still falling! Great! She's a bozo! On the other hand, The Terminator will never get a good approval rate from the mostly liberal/socialistic/communistic stae of Kalifornia!
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I am surprised Greggiore or as I call her, GregGORE is at 38. I expected her to be down there with Taft at best.
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