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Is Deval America’s worst Governor or its least popular?

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According to Public Policy Polling, Deval is in trouble.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Gubernatorial Approval Ratings

For most of last year Bev Perdue was one of the most unpopular Governors in the country, but that’s no longer the case. It’s not that the voters have warmed up to her- her 30% approval rating is still very poor- but the rest of the Governors have caught up to her in unpopularity.

There’s no doubt it’s a tough time to be a Governor. The average approval spread on the ones we’ve looked at lately is 37/45. Here are some notes on those numbers:

-The five least popular Governors we’ve tested are Bill Richardson, Deval Patrick, Jim Doyle, John Baldacci, and Jon Corzine while he was still in office. The only one of those folks running this year is Patrick and I have a really hard time seeing him getting reelected even with three serious candidates in the race.

Here’s the full data by approval rating:

Governor

Approval Rating

Mike Beebe (D-Arkansas)

59/22

Sean Parnell (R-Alaska)

58/19

Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota)

55/32

Jodi Rell (R-Connecticut)

49/39

Tim Kaine (D-Virginia)

46/39

Jay Nixon (D-Missouri)

42/25

Jack Markell (D-Delaware)

40/31

Bill Ritter (D-Colorado)

38/50

Steve Beshear (D-Kentucky)

36/39

Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina)

36/51

Charlie Crist (R-Florida)

35/51

Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey)

34/57

Rick Perry (R-Texas)

33/50

Bev Perdue (D-North Carolina)

30/47

Sonny Perdue (R-Georgia)

29/52

Jim Doyle (D-Wisconsin)

29/57

Bill Richardson (D-New Mexico)

28/63

Jan Brewer (R-Arizona)

26/43

Pat Quinn (D-Illinois)

25/55

John Baldacci (D-Maine)

25/57

Deval Patrick (D-Massachusetts)

22/59

http://publicpolicypolling.blo…

Is PPP a credible group? If so, he’s in trouble.

Here’s hoping that Deval can turn this early cycle bad news around.  

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Comments

      • I’d like to see the head-to-head to support that.  I suspect only those of us who really pay attention even know who Grace Ross is.

        • You were the one that asked about Paterson. More negative polling #s and Deval is history as well. He’s ultimately going to drag the entire party into the toilet in November if he stays. Even John from Abington is not that stupid. Perhaps a spot in the Dept of Justice awaits.

          • Seems a lot of your wing accuses all of us of never being concerned about Brown.  I distinctly recall several posts in the runup to the election showing Brown ahead.  Yes, my money was on Coakley, but I acknowledged the other could happen.  You haven’t answered the Paterson question plus Deval’s barely started to very publicly campaign.  Let’s not write hius obituary just yet.

            • I did have my concerns about Brown

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              p>Now there is an understatement. I have no idea why the poll did not include Paterson.  

        • I don’t think the Governor will lose the primary.  But I think he will get a serious message from Democrats who will toss Grace Ross a vote because they’re bloody sick of the nonsense.  There’s a reason why Governor Patrick’s poll numbers are so low.  Have you done a “head to head” comparison with Mike Dukakis’ poll numbers?

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