Do you like your state's governor?

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  • Norman Bernstein
    Liberaltarian
    • Nov 2004
    • 25217

    Do you like your state's governor?

    Interesting table in this website.

    It appears that the most popular governor in the nation is Charlie Baker, in Massachusetts (a Republican that I voted for). He's got a 74% approval rating... amazing, for a Republican governor in the bluest of blue states.

    The least popular? Sam Brownback, with a 65% disapproval rating.

    Look here to see how your governor measures up:

    Voters take a dim view of just about everything that happens in Washington, D.C., and few believe the country is headed in the right direction. But those same voters have a much better opinion of officials who govern their own states. A comprehensive survey of more than 75,000 voters in all 50 states, conducted over […]
    "Reason and facts are sacrificed to opinion and myth. Demonstrable falsehoods are circulated and recycled as fact. Narrow minded opinion refuses to be subjected to thought and analysis. Too many now subject events to a prefabricated set of interpretations, usually provided by a biased media source. The myth is more comfortable than the often difficult search for truth."






  • Tom Montgomery
    Lurking since 1997
    • Sep 1999
    • 35611

    #2
    Re: Do you like your state's governor?

    We just elected tea-partier Matt Bevin as Governor of Kentucky. Despite the fact that he is a proven serial liar.

    No, I do not like him.
    "They have a lot of stupid people that vote in their primaries. They really do. I'm not really supposed to say that but it's an obvious fact. But when stupid people vote, you know who they nominate? Other stupid people." -- James Carville on the plethora of low-quality GQP candidates in the mid-term election.

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    • ljb5
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 18136

      #3
      Re: Do you like your state's governor?

      Three of the five with the highest disapproval rates are/were running for president:

      Jindal: +35/-60

      Christie: +40/-57

      Walker: +40/-57
      ”If you look at it from a contextual standpoint, I think it's accurate. If you contextualize in concrete numbers fashion, it's not accurate."

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      • hokiefan
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2002
        • 9221

        #4
        Re: Do you like your state's governor?

        I don't like either one of them. Deal in Georgia hasn't stirred the pot with too much crazy stuff, but I'm still not a big fan. Rauner in Illinois is a turd. I'll admit he inherited a financial mess, but everything he's doing is making things worse. Things are so messed up that a person couldn't collect if they won the lottery. Lady at work has a son who's a state employee. He's getting paid, but the state isn't paying for his medical insurance. A really great thing when you have a kid on the way. So a mess all over.

        Cheers,

        Bobby

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        • Chris Smith porter maine
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2008
          • 5684

          #5
          Re: Do you like your state's governor?

          Not a big fan of Maine's governor Paul LaRage.

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          • elf
            opinionated crone
            • Sep 2006
            • 19257

            #6
            Re: Do you like your state's governor?

            Baker's a coward. It's a crying shame the Democrats were so entranced with the idea of electing a woman that they refused to recognize that his competition was a loser.
            A society predicated on the assumption that everyone in it should want to get rich is not well situated to become either ethical or imaginative.

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            • pkrone
              recently banned
              • Jan 2013
              • 2177

              #7
              Re: Do you like your state's governor?

              Ours is a jack-ass. Tower of the party line and unable to think for himself.

              So that would be a "no".

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              • ljb5
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2004
                • 18136

                #8
                Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                Originally posted by ljb5
                Three of the five with the highest disapproval rates are/were running for president:

                Jindal: +35/-60

                Christie: +40/-57

                Walker: +40/-57
                Oh... I forgot about Kasich. He's actually doing reasonably well at +59/-29....

                ...but it's probably not a good sign that I'd forgotten he's running for president.
                ”If you look at it from a contextual standpoint, I think it's accurate. If you contextualize in concrete numbers fashion, it's not accurate."

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                • Garret
                  Hills of Vermont
                  • Apr 2005
                  • 48618

                  #9
                  Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                  VT's doesn't have a great rating, but that's not because he's a Dem or because of most of what he stands for, but because he's a sleaze. Sleaze is not tolerated well here & even though he could probably get re-elected, he is stepping down, most likely at the request of his party.
                  "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                  • Nicholas Scheuer
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 13579

                    #10
                    Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                    Illinois' A-Hole Gov ought to be IMPEACHED! (get the idea I don't care for him?)

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                    • Garret
                      Hills of Vermont
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 48618

                      #11
                      Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                      Won't he end up in jail soon? I mean, that's what Illinois gov's do after leaving office isn't it?
                      "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                      • Todd D
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 4400

                        #12
                        Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                        Our governor, LePage is near the bottom in approval, where he belongs.

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                        • hokiefan
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 9221

                          #13
                          Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                          Originally posted by Garret
                          Won't he end up in jail soon? I mean, that's what Illinois gov's do after leaving office isn't it?
                          It has become a bit of a tradition...

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                          • oznabrag
                            Historical Illiterate
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 40762

                            #14
                            Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                            Originally posted by pkrone
                            Ours is a jack-ass. Toe-er of the party line and unable to think for himself.

                            So that would be a "no".
                            FTFY, and yes, Abbott is a miserable, corrupt and Republican jackass.

                            His only redeeming quality, as far as I can tell, is that his Attorney General is under indictment for securities fraud.
                            Rattling the teacups.

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                            • Reynard38
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 12533

                              #15
                              Re: Do you like your state's governor?

                              No, but when we move to SC yes.
                              Fight Entropy, build a wooden boat!

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