Survey USA: Approval Ratings for All 50 Governors as of 09/05/05

Survey USA ^ | September 20, 2005

[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
#	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.)
Unweighted Average					53%	41%	12%
('Unweighted Average' means each state is given equal weight; population density is not taken into account).

[buccaneer81]

Gregoire (WA). Why is his so low and hers so high?

Liberal female election thief. Seattle in a nutshell.

[buccaneer81]

I guess 17% of all Ohians are lobbyists in Columbus.

Or golf course managers.

[PatriotGirl827]

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. :-)

[Amerigomag]

If Ah-nold doesn't do well in Cal-i-foh-ni-ah, we'll take him in Virginia

Be very, very careful what you wish for.

Ponder how Virginia might function with an annual $120B state budget and $25B in debt.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Jeb is only at 9%????? am I reading this wrong?

[RWR8189]

Jeb's at 53%.

9% is the difference between his approval and disapproval.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Oh, and Meathead or Warren Beatty will be soooooo much better </sarcasm

[Arizona Carolyn]

Thank you...

[Arizona Carolyn]

BTW, I don't buy into the 60% for Napolitano... she is not that popular here, makes me wonder who they polled.

[SAJ]

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.

[FOG724]

Oh, and Meathead or Warren Beatty will be soooooo much better

RINOs, they are not better than leftists, they ARE leftists.

[meyer]

Considering her actions in Katrina, Blank-O is doing quite well. Perhaps time will erode that position.

Taft isn't making any friends in Ohio.

[TravisBickle]

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.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

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.

[Pontiac]

Why would a prosecutor, who had an open and shut case, make such an agreement?

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.”

[goodnesswins]

SURVEY USA....."600 adults age 18+ in each of the 50 states were interviewed by SurveyUSA 9/16/05 to 9/18/05. According to best estimates, approximately 12.5% of Louisiana and 6.25% of Mississippi did not have working telephone service during the field period for this survey. Caution should be exercised in drawing conclusions from those states. You must credit SurveyUSA of Verona NJ if you broadcast, print, or cite these results in whole or part. Click on each state to open link which contains the margin of sampling error for each state, a complete statement of methodology, fully crosstabbed data and tracking graphs with time-series data.

[Fledermaus]

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

[Arizona Carolyn]

A true conservative can't get elected in a 2005/2006 California... and IMHO Arnold is heads above Rob Reiner or Warren Beatty...