Bill Clinton's state by state approval rating, election day 2000

[Derek]

I thot this was about 2000 not 2004.

[Derek]

lol remember when he just walked up behind bush during the town hall debate, and everyone was like whats he doing and  bush looked over his shoulder gave him that nod and kept talking

That's ironic, since it was Bush who was doing the personal space invading during the 2nd debate in 2004.

Oh I think the candidates should ask each other questions, debate, and argue without as much moderating. This is better than staging a fake show that anyone with an IQ over 50 knows is an act.

[Sumner 1868]

After some careful digging through CNN's website on the Wayback Machine, I can now add exact numbers to this thread.

https://web.archive.org/web/20010203200900/http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/index.epolls.html

Approve/Disapprove

Alabama: 47/48
Alaska: 44/54
Arizona: 52/45
Arkansas: 53/44
California: 62/36
Colorado: 53/44
Connecticut: 63/34
Delaware: 64/34
Florida: 58/39
Georgia: 51/46
Hawaii: 65/31
Idaho: 40/57
Illinois: 64/33
Indiana: 48/50
Iowa: 56/43
Kansas: 50/46
Kentucky: 49/48
Louisiana: 50/44
Maine: 60/37
Maryland: 63/34
Massachusetts: 69/27
Michigan: 58/40
Minnesota: 64/34
Mississippi: 49/50
Missouri: 55/42
Montana: 43/54
Nebraska: 42/54
Nevada: 56/41
New Hampshire: 56/42
New Jersey: 66/31
New Mexico: 52/47
New York: 66/31
North Carolina: 50/49
North Dakota: 48/50
Ohio: 56/41
Oklahoma: 46/52
Oregon: 55/39
Pennsylvania: 57/40
Rhode Island: 72/25
South Carolina: 50/47
South Dakota: 52/46
Tennessee: 50/47
Texas: 45/52
Utah: 40/58
Vermont: 64/32
Virginia: 55/43
Washington: 58/38
District of Columbia: 87/8
West Virginia: 55/41
Wisconsin: 56/42
Wyoming: 39/59

Now let's list his favorability ratings.

Favorable/Unfavorable

Alabama: 38/58
Alaska: 29/67
Arizona: 34/63
Arkansas: 36/61
California: 42/55
Colorado: 33/65
Connecticut: 36/61
Delaware: 43/54
Florida: 39/56
Georgia: 36/59
Hawaii: 48/47
Idaho: 23/73
Illinois: 42/54
Indiana: 27/70
Iowa: 35/63
Kansas: 31/67
Kentucky: 32/66
Louisiana: 36/54
Maine: 36/61
Maryland: 45/51
Massachusetts: 44/51
Michigan: 37/58
Minnesota: 36/61
Mississippi: 37/61
Missouri: 36/59
Montana: 24/73
Nebraska: 29/69
Nevada: 38/58
New Hampshire: 31/66
New Jersey: 43/53
New Mexico: 39/58
New York: 44/51
North Carolina: 34/64
North Dakota: 26/71
Ohio: 36/61
Oklahoma: 27/70
Oregon: 34/60
Pennsylvania: 36/60
Rhode Island: 44/53
South Carolina: 35/62
South Dakota: 29/69
Tennessee: 34/62
Texas: 33/64
Utah: 20/78
Vermont: 34/61
Virginia: 37/59
Washington: 36/58
District of Columbia: 74/19
West Virginia: 34/63
Wisconsin: 33/64
Wyoming: 23/76

[brucejoel99]

Florida: 39/56

Welp.

[MT Treasurer]

Florida: 39/56

Welp.

Yeah, I’ve never understood why people think Gore lost because he didn’t embrace Clinton enough.

[Mr. Smith]

Florida: 39/56

Welp.

Yeah, I’ve never understood why people think Gore lost because he didn’t embrace Clinton enough.

That's favorability ratings though, not job approvals.

[brucejoel99]

Florida: 39/56

Welp.

Yeah, I’ve never understood why people think Gore lost because he didn’t embrace Clinton enough.

That's favorability ratings though, not job approvals.

To paraphrase Newt Gingrich, don't put it past the American people to value how they feel about somebody more than said somebody's objectively good job performance.

[lupojohn]

Yea the same can be said about Eisenhower who would've easily beaten Kennedy in 1960. Bush won in 1988 but look at who he ran against.

Dukakis had a 17 point lead before the first debate.