Most deeply depised former US State Governors

[TJ in Oregon]

Taft probably had the lowest approval rating. However, the hatred for him was not as deep as others even if it was broader. Still voted for him in the poll.

[DINGO Joe]

Taft probably had the lowest approval rating. However, the hatred for him was not as deep as others even if it was broader. Still voted for him in the poll.

Taft had a lower approval rating than Fallin?

[Xeuma]

Taft probably had the lowest approval rating. However, the hatred for him was not as deep as others even if it was broader. Still voted for him in the poll.

Taft had a lower approval rating than Fallin?

Taft bottomed at 6.5%. I'm not sure that Fallin's approval was.

[ibagli]

I don't think Taft is despised so much as forgotten. I think he just wasn't very memorable at all, which worked against him during the scandals since nobody could think of anything good he'd done. And the scandals were pretty esoteric so I don't know how much staying power they really had.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Evan Mecham.

[BuckeyeNut]

Taft's not even forgotten, per se. He's straight-up rehabilitated. He's a respected professor at the University of Dayton and has as a good relationship with Senator Sherrod Brown, who frequently invites him to panels as his friend and the only many to have ever beaten him in an election.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Blagojevich. Not even close.

The man was too good to live in the governor’s mansion downstate, so he literally commuted by plane to Springfield from his home in Chicago. I’ve lived in the state since 1990, and I really think downstate residents’ belief that Chicago thinks they’re better than us began with Blagojevich. God knows how much taxpayer money was wasted on his private plane. Note that while his margin increased from 2002 to 2006, he actually lost massive ground downstate. The governor’s mansion fell into disrepair while Blagojevich was in office, so much so that I believe Pat Quinn was unable to live there due to the poor condition it was in by then.

Then throw in how much he screwed the state financially. This pension crisis is almost entirely his fault.

Not to mention his corruption, of course.

[Canis]

No Fallin? She had like a 11% approval rating when she left office lmao
EDIT: Oops lmao I saw she was a option on the poll

[Free Bird]

Post-Hurricane Irma approval aside, Rick Scott's exclusion from this list is blatantly sad.

Your own disdain for the man doesn’t make him an objectively horrible person and chief executive like some of the others on this list.

[TrendsareUsuallyReal]

Post-Hurricane Irma approval aside, Rick Scott's exclusion from this list is blatantly sad.

Your own disdain for the man doesn’t make him an objectively horrible person and chief executive like some of the others on this list.

For some reason I feel like if Ned Lamont had run Columbia Health the way Rick Scott did you would have a different opinion on that

[brucejoel99]

Post-Hurricane Irma approval aside, Rick Scott's exclusion from this list is blatantly sad.

Your own disdain for the man doesn’t make him an objectively horrible person and chief executive like some of the others on this list.

For some reason I feel like if Ned Lamont had run Columbia Health the way Rick Scott did you would have a different opinion on that

Seriously, this. Objectively good people wouldn't fraudulently steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the taxpayers, & with no shame to boot.

[LiberalDem19]

Christie's approval rating was 13% when he left. It's gotta be him

[Fuzzy Bear]

What about Paul LePage?

I can't believe he left office popular.

[brucejoel99]

What about Paul LePage?

I can't believe he left office popular.

LePage left office as one of the 5 least popular governors with a 54% disapproval rating.