Hey man

[Tender Branson]

What happened to the SurveyUSA polls?  We used to look at them, say, hey, that's a sh**tty governor.  Or hey, that's the highest approval rating for a governor rating in the country.  Now, SurveyUSA is polling sh**t.  Seriously.  What the hell is wrong with them?  More polls please.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Saying please will only make them more complacent

[Holmes]

I would suggest actually telling that to SurveyUSA if you want them to see your complaint.

[Rowan]

SurveyUSA only polls when a TV station pays for a poll. Blame them.

[Tender Branson]

What happened to the SurveyUSA polls?  We used to look at them, say, hey, that's a sh**tty governor.  Or hey, that's the highest approval rating for a governor rating in the country.  Now, SurveyUSA is polling sh**t.  Seriously.  What the hell is wrong with them?  More polls please.

Their April polls:

AL: Bob Riley (R) 54% approve, 42% disapprove (+12)

CA: Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) 25% approve, 71% disapprove (-46)

GA: Sonny Perdue (R) 46% approve, 49% disapprove (-3)

IA: Chet Culver (D) 42% approve, 50% disapprove (-8)

KS: Kathleen Sebelius (D) 46% approve, 50% disapprove (-4)

KY: Steve Beshear (D) 47% approve, 41% disapprove (+6)

MN: Tim Pawlenty (R) 46% approve, 50% disapprove (-4)

MO: Jay Nixon (D) 56% approve, 32% disapprove (+24)

NM: Bill Richardson (D) 46% approve, 51% disapprove (-5)

NY: David Paterson (D) 25% approve, 72% disapprove (-47)

OR: Ted Kulongoski (D) 40% approve, 51% disapprove (-11)

VA: Tim Kaine (D) 50% approve, 39% disapprove (+11)

WA: Christine Gregoire (D) 40% approve, 55% disapprove (-15)

WI: Jim Doyle (D) 35% approve, 59% disapprove (-24)

March:

MA: Deval Patrick (D) 27% approve, 68% disapprove (-41)

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

     Why is Bill Richardson's approval rating so bad?

[Rowan]

Culver would be vulnerable to a strong GOP challenge.

[Sam Spade]

Interesting - there seems to be a lot of hate going on...

RIchardson's approval rating is low partially because people have finally discovered he's a crook.

[Landslide Lyndon]

As long as the economy is bad, Governors will be the more vulnerable incumbents of all.
Even the popular ones like Purdue and Sebelius saw their approval ratings tank amidst all the fiscal difficulties and the hard decisions they had to make.

Actually the more surprising result might be Tim Kaine's since he was never considered as succesfull and beloved as Mark Warner.

[Tender Branson]

As long as the economy is bad, Governors will be the more vulnerable incumbents of all.
Even the popular ones like Purdue and Sebelius saw their approval ratings tank amidst all the fiscal difficulties and the hard decisions they had to make.

Actually the more surprising result might be Tim Kaine's since he was never considered as succesfull and beloved as Mark Warner.

The fact that Sebelius and Obama both tanked by huge margins compared with the last SurveyUSA Kansas poll makes me even more likely to believe that it was a big outlier:

http://www.surveyusa.com/chartfx70/temp/CFV0503_0801261086E.png