Posted on 06/29/2011 5:50:56 PM PDT by randita
From Quinnipiac this morning, news that my governor ranks among the most popular in the nation:
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has a strong 55 – 26 percent job approval rating, as many more voters like him personally than back his policies, according to the inaugural Quinnipiac University Virginia poll released today.
“Gov. Bob McDonnell’s overall support levels are among the highest when compared to other governors around the country,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. “And they are far better than those of his GOP counterparts in Florida, Ohio, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Even among Democrats he is within 10 points of parity, an unusually high level of support for a governor from the opposition party.”
McDonnell’s job approval is 77 – 11 percent among Republicans and 59 – 24 percent among independent voters. Democrats disapprove 42 – 33 percent. Men approve of his performance 61 – 25 percent and women approve 50 – 26 percent. White voters approve 58 – 25 percent, while black voters approve 50 – 25 percent.
“The legislature doesn’t rate quite as highly with Virginians, although its 48 – 33 percent approval rating is pretty good compared to legislatures in other states,” said Brown. “No matter whether a governor is up or down in the polls, he or she almost always fares better in the public eye than does the state legislature.”
Virginia’s other statewide leaders, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, also fare well with the public: Bolling gets a 39 – 20 percent approval rating with 42 percent undecided; Cuccinelli gets a 49 – 31 percent approval, with 20 percent undecided.
Somewhere, a Washington Post editorial board member sheds a tear, as their editorials deemed Cuccinelli particularly outrageous and unacceptable during the 2009 campaign. Note that Cuccinelli is among those leading the legal fight, challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare.
Virginia voters like Gov. McDonnell personally 57 – 16 percent. But when asked if they like most of his policies, support drops to 48 – 33 percent.
A 48 to 33 percent split on policy approval is still pretty darn good compared to most governors in both parties these days.
Now THATS surprising, but I have noticed the more successful, upper middle class blacks seem to be moving away from DC and Maryland into Virginia. Hey, I guess they like lower taxes and less crime as much as whites! Perhaps we maybe seeing the first chink in the democrats lock on black voters.
Many freepers may have seen posts pointing out that Palin left office with much lower numbers than when she was governing before being called to represent the national Republican party, which hardened some of the voters of her state against her (naturally, since many were dems. and inde.)
Palin left office with 56% approval, which was down from the previous highs of 93%, 89%, 80% etc.
While better than recent Rat governors, McDonnell is an elitist, a statist, and a crony capitalist. As a conservative Virginian, I don’t want him anywhere near the presidential ticket. He is Mitt Romney, but from a redder state.
Wow...I live a thousand miles away, but that wasn't my impression of him at all. Do you have any links I can read to inform myself?
What is an “elitist” in your worldview?
I am on a Droid, but search his name in connection with light rail, high speed rail, tolls, wind energy, or accounting tricks. He talks a great game... I loved his SOTU rebuttal... but he is very squishy.
I think our Governor is at 29 pct(Florida)
Thanks, that's a start. I'll do some looking.
That would put him down in Romney approval ratings territory, Romney left office with 34% approval.
Why`s Gov. Scott so hated down there? Because he actually is living up to his promises?
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Bumperoo for the good guys!
Pretty much and he followed Crist who pandered to all
On November 2, a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment exempting from taxation the real property of veterans who have been certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs as being rated 100% service-connected permanent and totally disabled was overwhelming approved by the residents of Virginia. Governor McDonnell signed the enabling legislation requiring localities to grant a real estate tax exemption to veterans with a 100%, permanent and total, service-connected disability in April. The exemption was to be effective on January 1, 2011.
It has been nearly nine months since the voters of Virginia approved the initial proposal, and 90 days since the Governor signed enabling legislation. Yet none of these veterans have received the benefits of this exemption because our Attorney General has yet to offer an opinion as to what constitutes a 100% service-connected permanent and totally disabled veteran. Most Virginia localities have developed and accepted applications for tax relief but cannot act until the AG renders an opinion.
If Governor McDonnell truly wants to make Virginia “the most veteran-friendly state in the nation” maybe he should start by getting things moving in the AG’s office in Richmond.
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