Survey/USA and Bush's approval rates

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APPROVAL RATING FOR GEORGE W BUSH AS OF 4/18/06
SORT ► SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE
SORTED BY 4/06 'NET APPROVAL'
SORTED BY 'APPROVAL' IN DESCENDING ORDER


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JOB APPROVAL / PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH (Released 4/18/06)
SORTED BY 4/06 'NET APPROVAL' (approval minus disapproval) MEDIA SPONSOR
4/18/2006 Net 4/06
Approval Tracking
Graphs
# State '04 ECV Approve Disapprove
1 Utah Bush 55% 40% 15% UT KSL-TV
2 Idaho Bush 53% 43% 10% ID
2 Wyoming Bush 54% 44% 10% WY
4 Nebraska Bush 51% 45% 6% NE
5 Oklahoma Bush 48% 48% 0% OK KFOR-TV
6 Alaska Bush 47% 50% -3% AK
7 Kansas Bush 46% 51% -5% KS KWCH-TV
8 Alabama Bush 45% 51% -6% AL WKRG-TV
8 Texas Bush 45% 51% -6% TX WOAI-TV KEYE-TV
10 Louisiana Bush 45% 52% -7% LA
11 Mississippi Bush 44% 53% -9% MS
12 North Dakota Bush 43% 53% -10% ND
13 Georgia Bush 43% 55% -12% GA WXIA-TV WTLV-TV
14 Arizona Bush 43% 56% -13% AZ KPNX-TV
14 Tennessee Bush 42% 55% -13% TN WBIR-TV
16 Montana Bush 40% 55% -15% MT
16 South Dakota Bush 41% 56% -15% SD
18 Indiana Bush 40% 58% -18% IN WXIN-TV WHAS-TV WCPO-TV
18 South Carolina Bush 39% 57% -18% SC WCSC-TV WLTX-TV
18 West Virginia Bush 39% 57% -18% WV WUSA-TV
21 North Carolina Bush 39% 58% -19% NC WTVD-TV WFMY-TV
21 Wisconsin Kerry 39% 58% -19% WI WDIO-TV
23 Kentucky Bush 39% 59% -20% KY WHAS-TV WCPO-TV
24 Washington Kerry 38% 59% -21% WA KING-TV KATU-TV
25 Arkansas Bush 38% 60% -22% AR KTHV-TV
26 Virginia Bush 37% 60% -23% VA WUSA-TV WDBJ-TV
27 Hawaii Kerry 34% 58% -24% HI KHON-TV
27 Florida Bush 37% 61% -24% FL WFOR-TV WPTV-TV WFLA-TV WTLV-TV WKRG-TV
27 Oregon Kerry 37% 61% -24% OR KATU-TV
30 Minnesota Kerry 36% 61% -25% MN KSTP-TV WDIO-TV KSAX-TV KAAL-TV
30 Missouri Bush 36% 61% -25% MO KSDK-TV
30 New Hampshire Kerry 36% 61% -25% NH WBZ-TV
33 Colorado Bush 36% 62% -26% CO KUSA-TV
33 New Mexico Bush 35% 61% -26% NM KOB-TV
35 Iowa Bush 34% 61% -27% IA KAAL-TV
36 Ohio Bush 34% 63% -29% OH WKYC-TV WYTV-TV WCPO-TV
37 Nevada Bush 34% 65% -31% NV KVBC-TV
38 Michigan Kerry 32% 65% -33% MI WDIV-TV WZZM-TV
39 Maine Kerry 31% 66% -35% ME WCSH-TV WLBZ-TV
39 Maryland Kerry 31% 66% -35% MD WMAR-TV WUSA-TV
41 California Kerry 30% 67% -37% CA KABC-TV KPIX-TV KXTV-TV KGTV-TV
41 Pennsylvania Kerry 30% 67% -37% PA WCAU-TV
43 Illinois Kerry 29% 67% -38% IL KSDK-TV
44 New Jersey Kerry 28% 69% -41% NJ WABC-TV WCAU-TV
45 Connecticut Kerry 27% 69% -42% CT WABC-TV
46 Delaware Kerry 27% 70% -43% DE WCAU-TV
46 Vermont Kerry 27% 70% -43% VT
48 Massachusetts Kerry 26% 70% -44% MA WBZ-TV
49 New York Kerry 24% 72% -48% NY WABC-TV WNYT-TV WGRZ-TV WHEC-TV
50 Rhode Island Kerry 24% 74% -50% RI WLNE-TV

Weighted Average 36% 61% -26%

The last seven states on the list are all located on the east coast including New York and New Jersey. Rhode Island has the smallest approval rating with a 74% disapproval rate. Out of all of America, only 4 states have a positive approval rating...and who really cares about Idaho and Wyoming?

[edit on 4/19/2006 by Simulacra]

Wow, good to see you back!

Or are you wearing your old avatar today?

I am sure lots will find fault with this source too....It IS the way it IS.

Wow! Reading this post it felt like November '04 all over again....

It always struck me as telling that New York County (ie, Manhattan) was the darkest blue of all blue counties in the US back in '04... Kind of made one wonder just where these people who voted for Bush on the basis of thinking "the War on Terror" was helping improve our security were located, if there even were any...

Not to disparage any states or counties. They're all good. But I think the pollsters and pundits could draw some conclusions from the fact that areas of high population density - and hence more attractive terror targets- tended to vote Kerry.

Despite how terrible his approval is and that little law that states no president can run more than two terms, I still have this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomache that Bush will be reelected. I don't know what kind of mojo he drinks but I want some.