New Release Bush Approval State Polls (SurveyUSA)

[longship]

What's interesting is the movements from the 2004 election results.
In spite of what some of the recent national polls are saying, these state polls show some heavy stuff is happening politically in this country.

In particular, Ohio sticks out like a sore thumb. Bush approval at 33%, the lowest of any state which voted for Chimp in 2004. (Well, ignoring the Blackwell factor.) Next Bush state is Missouri at 36%.

The bottom of the approval heap? Rhode Island at a piddly 23%, followed by Vermont and Massachusetts at 27%.

The top of the heap? Only three at or above 50%. Utah at 57%, Idaho at 54%, and Wyoming at an even 50%.

Weighted average is 37%.

SurveyUSA Tracking Poll for 18 Jul 2006

Just for people's general information.

[Czolgosz]

1. Sen. Chaffee must be hating those RI poll number for Bush.

[skipos]

5. A new Rasmussen poll has Chafee trailing Whitehouse by 5%

so *Bush's* poll number are the least of his worries.

[Jeanette in FL]

7. Woohoo, Rhode Island, still number 1 in disapproval.

I was born in Newport and the majority of my family is still in Rhode Island. It is always nice to go back home and be with like minded people. Florida is making gains though. Not the area where I live, but overall.

[Broken_Hero]

2. yay!

for missouri...to bad most of that 36% approval, is probably coming from my county, mcdonald county...:)

[saltpoint]

3. I guess fewer folks are interested in havin' a beer with Dubya.

And these numbers may have been compiled prior to the pig roast and assault-massage on Bush's recent trip.

[Old and In the Way]

13. That should be good for another 3 points or so...drop.

This should firm up Bush's ceiling well south of 40%. What a legacy...from 90% approval to 35% in 3 years. Now that's hard work.

[SensibleAmerican]

4. These polls are meaningless now

Sorry, I'm not going to get excited over these polls after Bush has won two terms in office and the Senate now has 55 Republicans. Bush is still going to veto the stem cell bill today and there's nothing we can do to stop that.

In fact, I refuse to get excited until November of 2008.

[DanCa]

6. Chimpy's a wounded animal now...

And when an animal is wounded that is when it's at it's most dangerous.

[longship]

11. November, 2006

Remember that election, please.

I'm pretty excited about it.

[EFerrari]

8. Seems like Junior was only popular in Ohio for one night.

:eyes:

[farmbo]

14. Yeah, from 10:00 pm thru midnight during the Warren County terror lockdown

:grr:

[EFerrari]

23. That's right. Those terrorists sure have interesting timing.

:mad:

[Pathwalker]

9. Kicking for good news.

:kick:

[helderheid]

10. totally lost the South

[WI_DEM]

12. five states put Bush in the 20's

RI 23%
VT 27%
MA 27%
NY 28%
IL 28%

[berni_mccoy]

15. NOT ONE SINGLE STATE IS ABOVE 50!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE THAT THIS GUY ISN'T IMPEACHED FOR HIS CRIMES YET.

[WI_DEM]

16. 3 states have him 50 or above: Idaho, Utah and Wyoming.

[berni_mccoy]

19. Ah, you are right. I saw Wyoming at 50, but missed the other 2

Still,...

[yurbud]

21. serious problem with our democracy--we were browbeaten about

impeaching clinton, and it never broke 40%. MSM never talks about impeachment, but polls for it are over 50%.

Something's got to give.

[RedStateShame]

17. I hope Howard Dean looks at this.

The red states with the big jumps---Kentucky disapproval up 16%!!!---should be the first to go after in that 50 states initiative.

[yurbud]

18. Dumbfuckistan just got one state smaller (ANIMATION)

Thanks for joining the reality based community, Nebraska!

[BuhByeChimp]

20. Don't want to be a buzzkill....

The polls may be interesting, but I wouldn't put much stock in them as to determining actual election results in midterm elections.

Give me the same polls in regards to leading Democrats such as Al Gore, Clinton, or Kerry. These still wouldn't mean anything as far as midterm elections, but you will understand why the above polls are just going to make many relax when you indeed shouldn't be.

[renate]

22. I'd love to hear from DUers living outside the US

Are people around the world aware that Bush is tremendously unpopular here, or do they think that a majority of Americans still like him?

[Iowa]

24. What's with these figures?

I looked at the numbers for Iowa and these jumped out:

18% of "liberal" voters APPROVE.

WTF? One cannot be both a liberal (or a Dem) and approve of Bush at the same time. Or perhaps we're seeing the beginnings of a new psychiatric disorder - the "Lieberman Personality Disorder".


And look at this breakdown of those who APPROVE:

Grade School and No College: 34% and 26% respectively
Some College: 39%
College: 50%

As education goes up, so does stupidity??? These figures seem inconsistent with the notion that the Bush hard-core are the least educated among us.

[roguevalley]

25. he lost alaska. amazing. finally. we should pick up the governor

this year. whoo-hoo!

[w4rma]

26. Tie the rest of the Rethugs to his coattails and drop anchors on the lot

of them. The whole Republican Party needs to be discredited in the eyes of the non-backwash.