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). |
Liberal female election thief. Seattle in a nutshell.
Or golf course managers.
I'm surprised Jeb has such low numbers. I thought he was more well-liked than that. He has done a good job for Florida overall, if you don't count the hurricanes he keeps sending our way. :-)
Be very, very careful what you wish for.
Ponder how Virginia might function with an annual $120B state budget and $25B in debt.
Jeb is only at 9%????? am I reading this wrong?
Jeb's at 53%.
9% is the difference between his approval and disapproval.
Oh, and Meathead or Warren Beatty will be soooooo much better </sarcasm
Thank you...
BTW, I don't buy into the 60% for Napolitano... she is not that popular here, makes me wonder who they polled.
Doubt if Blunt is getting a fair count here, either. As you know, the media in MO are screaming lefties. Wonder who did the polling -- it doesn't seem to say.
RINOs, they are not better than leftists, they ARE leftists.
Taft isn't making any friends in Ohio.
And who knows what Blanco's approval rating would be if they asked all the Louisianans that are in Texas, and Arkansas, and Mississippi, and Alabama, and Florida, and Tennessee.
LOVE YOUR POST ON BLUNT!!! Missouri finally has a governor with 2 of them hanging down and I couldn't be happier!!
However, that whole mediscare thing hurt him, hope he comes out of it ok because he will have a tough run against McRascal.
Because the defendant is the Governor of the State in which he resides.
More than likely the Prosecutor has political ambitions in the state.
Politicians are known for their long memories and vindictive attitudes.
They are also known to protect their own. I suspect that he saw the writing on the wall (someone may have pointed to him) Take down Taft and you might as well leave this state if you want to pursue your political career.
Of the 33 with net positive ratings, only 12 are Dems. Among the bottom 17, 10 are Dems.
So among the 28 GOP governors they get 21 with net positive ratings (75%) while the Dems have only 12 of 22 governors with that rating (55%).
I'm was at first surprised that the governors of Missouri and Kentucky were that low (I understand Ohio and California) but Kentucky is like Ohio when it comes to high taxes and bad government. All those old yellow dog Democrats just became Republicans by name only.
And I guess the governor of Missouri just hasn't showed them enough yet! lol
A true conservative can't get elected in a 2005/2006 California... and IMHO Arnold is heads above Rob Reiner or Warren Beatty...
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