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.
Tax increases every 2 years to pay for spending increases of 7 to 11 percent per year
Blocked concealled carry for 5 years
Got indicted
Let his cronies lose all kinds of Workers Comp money
I could go on.
If Ah-nold doesn't do well in Cal-i-foh-ni-ah, we'll take him in Virginia. We need a governor with some smarts and some stones.
You are reading the situation totally wrong. He has been catering to the Dems and so his numbers drop. Out of staters just don't understand how conservative this state can be.
And you think that is Arnold? You have got to be joking. He has shown he has no stones at all and that is not smart!
Matt Blunt MO
Giving the bitter medicine of "there ain't no free lunch"
Cutting programs, 100,000 out of 1,000,000 Misourians cut from state programs.
Roads getting repaved and repaired. Refusing to raise taxes.
Keep up the good work.
We'll give you Mark Warner, $500 and a future draft pick for the governator.
Who approves of Bob Taft? By the poll numbers:
25% of Republicans 13% of Democrats 14% of Independents
My guess is this is what you do when you gain the center, you lose the Right and the Left hates you for having an (R) after your name.
Hey, we Californians made it all the way up to number 48! Now, is that better or worse than our education rating? Ha!
Too bad, I would have liked to see how he did in the Primaries. I am in Georgia and hear lots of good things about him.
Great post!!!
Thanks for the info and the links! I hope it wasn't as much work as it seems to be!!!
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Barring something unforeseen, Gov. Rounds could run for any SD office and take it easily. He's very popular here.
It's got to be better than a member of the Green party with an R behind his name.
Chuckling.
I find Joe Manchin's situation intersting...WV is culturally red but politically blue thanks to the teachers and labor unions...but Manchin seems to be an anti-tax, pro-business Democrat.
Ah, Warner's not a Green. In fact I don't think he knows what he is, other than Gov of Virginia. All I know is he wheedled and whined about the state being broke until enough Republicans believed him to pass his proposed tax increase. Then, about 3 weeks later, it comes out that Virginia will realize about a $900 million SURPLUS in the year it's supposedly broke. Sheesh.
Oh, maybe I mis-read you, sorry.
Arnold is though. I meant we have a Green with an R behind his name.
I got it, sorry.
Posting delay. I saw your subsequent reply while mine was waiting to be processed.
Perhaps so, but (and I realize I'm going to be burned at the stake for heresy for this) look what GWB is doing in Washington. Us CONSERVATIVES (not necessarily Repubs) need to start looking at alternatives.
My questions: Did you ever hear of this plea agreement? Why would a prosecutor, who had an open and shut case, make such an agreement?
I live in SE Ohio.
We're on the same page here, FRiend.
Why doesn't he just resign? What could be the point of insisting on finishing his disgraceful term?
He cain't hep it!!!
Yep same page.
I guarantee you that less than 9 out of 10 people chosen randomly in New Jersey could name their current governor.
LOL.
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