Wow. CNN jost posted the states who have Bush approval ratings above 50%

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Alabama, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Texas.

Gee, I wonder what those states rankings are in IQ's and scholastic rankings.

(Don't slam me, I'm proud to be an Alabamian just for the fact I make people's heads explode).

[Scout1071]

1. I'm actually rather excited not to see Kansas on your (CNN's) list!

Whew!

[stepnw1f]

2. Lol

I bet you do. Glad we are on the same side.

[SharonRB]

3. That's it?

Only five states?

[liberalnurse]

4. I don't believe *bush is at 50%.

Last I heard it was like 32-29%......:rofl:

[BeatleBoot]

5. Exactly.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

13. Individual States

The rating in the 30's is National. These are specific states where he is above 50%.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. In only those 5 states n/t

[Mr_Spock]

22. should have used "have" instead of "keep" in the title

perhaps. :shrug:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

23. Good point. Edited to take your suggestion.

Thanks!

[liberalnurse]

24. Only Texas has the electoral college numbers factor....

The remaining states are insignificant......

[Dr.Phool]

28. But, they're entitled to this benefit. LOL

After their 11th child, an Alabama couple decided that was enough as they could not afford a larger bed.
So the husband went to his veterinarian and told him that he and his cousin didn't want to have any more children.
The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the problem but that it was expensive.

"A less costly alternative," said the doctor, "is to go home, get a cherry bomb, (fireworks are legal in Alabama) light it, put it in a beer can, then hold the can up to your ear and count to 10."

The Alabamian said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest tool in the shed but I don't see how putting a cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear; is going to help me."
"Trust me," said the doctor.
So the man went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to his ear and began to count...
"1"

"2"

"3"

"4"

"5"

At which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs and resumed counting on his other hand ...................
This procedure also works in Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Northern Florida, South Delaware, Mississippi, Missouri, West Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas.


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[liberalnurse]

30. My friend Stephanie Studebaker is a Veterinarian!

Oh, by the way, she is running for U.S Congress...Ohio's 3rd District. She could do some professional calls up on Capitol Hill..............

:woohoo:

[Dr.Phool]

35. Which district is Ohio's third?

I'm from Cleveland originally. Kucinich's district.

But, my friend John Russell, a Nurse Practitioner, is running for Congress in Florida's 5th.

www.johnrussellforcongress.com

[rocktivity]

6. Here's the link from SurveyUSA.com

His national net approval rating is -23%. And of the five states with a positive net approval, only one is in double digits! Yet the DLC says a fifty-state strategy won't work?

:rofl:
rocknation

[nam78_two]

15. LOL

heh heh heh heh heh

awwww what sad numbers for The Decider to face on his birthday.
Oh wait...he doesn't look at them stupid polls.When he and Laura go around the country they can just FEEL the love, whch is what matters :P!

[Lisa]

27. margin of error is 4.1%: ID 55%, UT 52%, WY 52%, AL 51%, TX 51%

Thanks for the link, rocknation! In all but 1 of those cases, it's possible that Bush could actually be BELOW 50%.

Just to be kind to Georgie, since it's his birthday -- I suppose that Nebraska (48%) and North Dakota (46%) just might be higher, within the margin of error.

But I doubt it.

[rocktivity]

39. Self-delete n/t

.

[readmoreoften]

7. Texans have been majority against Bush for awhile...

according to the polls I've seen.

[readmoreoften]

11. Sorry, I guess he must have gone up. /nt

[NNN0LHI]

12. Texas didn't make the list last time this was done

Only two states made it.

Don

http://www.suntimes.com/output/quicktakes/cst-nws-qt02.html

*SurveyUSA at www.survey usa.com finds in May that a majority of voters in only two states (Idaho and Utah) approve of the job President Bush is doing.

*SurveyUSA finds in June that a majority of voters in five states (Alabama, Idaho, Utah, Texas and Wyoming) approve of the job President Bush is doing.

Explaining the new bounce in the president's step.

[ThomWV]

8. Idaho and Utah were the only ones last I saw

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. What's wrong with Wyoming?

"The equality state" has lost something, apparently.

[choie]

19. isn't dead-eyed dick from Wyoming?

[lumberjack_jeff]

38. Good point

I like Wyoming, despite that.

... I'd rather live here in WA, but Wyoming has a lot going for it.

[TomInTib]

25. With a sparse population such as that of Wyoming, a few responses

one way or another can swing the 'majority'.

[neebob]

44. My guess is the same as for Utah and Idaho

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I could be wrong.

[neebob]

45. Ah, here we go:

http://www.religionatlas.org/religion_region/ROCKYMOUNTAINWEST.htm

Maybe it's not just the Mormons in Wyoming. But I'm sure they're doing it Utah and Idaho.

[Hawkeye-X]

10. Colorado's the 5th lowest RED state

to declare Chimp 37%. I bet all the 37% are within the Fundyland of Colorado Springs (FotF zone)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. Obviously they never polled any of MY Texas relatives

Their opinons of Bush are unprintable.

[w4rma]

16. Bush's approval is in the 30s. You mean states where his approval

is still higher than 50%, probably.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. Yes... I should have made it more clear. n/t

[Tiggeroshii]

17. I think Texas went up.

I remember it was in the mid 40's several months ago.

[never_get_over_it]

18. Here is the latest by state

http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StateBushApproval060613State.html

this is June 13th but most recent I could find

[karlrschneider]

26. Woah...my state (Okla) has dropped under 50?

That is HUGH!!111!!

[sonsera]

29. Looking at it optimistically

That would give him a whopping 21 electoral votes if you didn't count Texas.

[otohara]

31. Whaaaaaa???? No Nebraska????

I'm shocked, they've been hanging in there for months?

[Nevernose]

32. Texas is only 51% & even UTAH is only 52% (n/t)

n/t

[FogerRox]

33. Efff 'im

[Cleita]

34. I lived in Idaho and most Idahoans are borderline poverty in

the rural areas yet they keep voting in Republicans who legislate most of their rights and benefits away in favor of an elite few who own just about everything and most of the money. I don't get it, yet no matter how many facts you present to them that liberals really aren't the devil's spawn, they'd rather listen to some fat rich white guy telling them what's good for them is to vote for keeping the fat cats fat.

[Bucky]

36. Bush's numbers always go up when he gets out and speaks. Really

We loathe him, but his speeches always tend to rally his base and bring them back into fantasy land and away from those pesky facts. Grrr, I hates them facts. The reason he keeps slipping is because he's just so damned lazy and really hates going out and speechifying. It taxes him and his handlers really sorta prefer to keep him under wraps as much as possible anyway. I still think the president has a ceiling of no more than 42% approval ratings, even if something spectacular happens like nabbing bin Laden. Unless some big "rally round the monkey" event comes on the news, he'll putter along at 40% or so.

[wordpix2]

37. I heard on NPR today Bush's approval is around 25% in CT- no wonder Lieber

man's opponent is making waves. :applause:

[Marr]

40. I have a question about approval ratings:

How do they figure those? Is it an average of each state's approval rating, or an overall sampling?

I mean- they don't balance Utah's number against California's, do they...? It's not like the electoral system, is it?

[rocktivity]

41. This is at the bottom of the page mentioned in post #6

Weighted Average 37% 61% -23%
('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 39% 59% -21%
('Unweighted Average' means each state is given equal weight; population density is not taken into account).

600 adults age 18+ in each of the 50 states were interviewed by SurveyUSA...Click on each state to open a link which contains the margin of sampling error for each state, a complete statement of methodology, fully crosstabbed data and trendlines.

link

[Marr]

42. Ah- thanks. There's not nearly as much of a difference between

those numbers as I would've expected.

[splat@14]

43. IQ crap aside...I live in east Texas and write to the editorial pages ..

regularly. This area is pretty pro-Bush but there is an undercurrent. I don't know its strength but I knows its there. My letters never go without a reply from the right - feel like I'm reaching some common ground with some if the extreme reply!
Splat