SurveyUSA July 2007 Governor Approval Ratings

[Tender Branson]

State-Governor-Approve-Disapprove

AL - Bob Riley: 64-32
CA - Arnold Schwarzenegger: 50-44
IA - Chet Culver: 56-38
KS - Kathleen Sebelius: 70-28
KY - Ernie Fletcher: 39-57 - Up for re-election 2007
MA - Deval Patrick: 53-40
MN - Tim Pawlenty: 53-42
MO - Matt Blunt: 48-46 - Up for re-election 2008
NM - Bill Richardson: 65-32
NY - Eliot Spitzer: 53-38
OH - Ted Strickland: 58-32
OR - Ted Kulongoski: 51-43
VA - Tim Kaine: 60-34
WA - Christine Gregoire: 54-39 - Up for re-election 2008
WI - Jim Doyle: 44-50

TX was not polled in July.

http://www.surveyusa.com/50StateTracking.html

[Tender Branson]

What's with Jim Doyle's low numbers?

Hmm. I don´t know, he reached a high in the poll done after his re-election victory in November 2006 when he had a 55-42 approval rating and slided to 41-52 approval in June 2007. He now seems to recover a bit:

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollTrack.aspx?g=f39a977e-7799-4009-ac89-698bbc1c2429

What´s interesting is that Beshear gets about the same %age of votes who disapprove of Fletcher.

[Tender Branson]

I gotta admit Doyle's numbers scare me. (could this mean the Republicans will pick up the governor's mansion in 2010?)

He also said he won't sign anything to reinstate the death penalty even though we voted that we wanted it last November.

Good guy - Approve