Bush's approval rating drops To 34 % in California

[Ramo]

The Governator's ****ed. According to the Fields Poll (which is insanely accurate), he's losing to both of the Dem challengers (2/05 results in parenthesis):

Treasurer Phil Angelides (D) - 46% (35%)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) - 42% (52%)


Controller Steve Westly (D) - 44% (33%)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) - 40% (52%)

And both challengers have far-lower name identification (63% for Angelides and 71% for Westly), so those numbers are basically ceilings for Arnie. His approval rating (37% of registered voters) is not that much better than Davis just prior to his recall.

[Kuciwalker]

Boris already posted that

[Ramo]

Well, Ted apparantly didn't see it either.

[Boris Godunov]

More state numbers from dailykos:

SurveyUSA is kicking ass on these 50-state polls. The latest is Bush's approval ratings everywhere in our great country.

The bottom line, Bush is at 50 percent or above in only 11 states -- Utah (63), Nebraska (60), Wyoming (58), Idaho (56), Montana (56), Alabama (54), Alaska (53), North Dakota (52), Kansas (51), Kentucky (50), Mississippi (50), and Texas (50).

He's at 40 percent or lower in 14 states -- Ohio (40), Wisconsin (40), Maine (39), Massachusetts (39), Delaware (38), Nevada (38), New Jersey (38), Michigan (38), California (37), Connecticut (37), Illinois (37), New York (33), Rhode Island (33), and Vermont (32).

The weighted average (based on each state's percentage of the US population) is 43 approve, 53 disapprove.

Lots of Red States experiencing a rash of buyer's remorse.

He also now has higher disapproval ratings than approval ratings in the following "red" states:

Arizona
Arkansas
Florida
Iowa
Missouri
New Mexico
North Carolina
Tennessee


Only 50% in Texas? Ouch.

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Only 50% in Texas? Ouch.

Not enough time on the ranch lately. And not enough "Yee Haw"s thrown into his press conferences.

[Ted Striker]

Ironic that Bush mentions 9/11 every damn chance he gets, yet his approval rating in the state of New York is at an abysmal 33%.

[Boris Godunov]

Try looking at his approval rating in NYC. Double, triple and quadruple ouch. People there don't buy his bull**** one bit.

[Odin]

If this keeps up the Dems have a good chance of retaking the Senate. Is retaking the house possible, or is it too gerrymandered?

[Kuciwalker]

I never thought I'd say it, but... Tennessee

[Imran Siddiqui]

Tennessee is a really awesome state, all around really .

Bush doesn't have over 50% in Georgia! WOW... that's incredible!

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Tennessee is a really awesome state, all around really .

You didn't live there.

EDIT: AFAIK

[Boris Godunov]

I was born there. My shame is lessened.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
I haven't been following the Governator too much so I'm a little in the dark about what is going on with him.

I do know the teachers' union is out for blood against him, and that can spark all sorts of alliances. I don't believe the opposition against him is any sort of organic, grassroots movement, I believe it's coming from an organized movement, and starting foremost with the teachers union, who have been running tv ads nonstop against him.

I'm not saying what he is doing is wrong or right, but I just don't know enough about it.

What I do know is that there is some shrewd political machinery here at work that I believe exaggerates the public opinion. (What else is new).

The Governator recently gave the keynote address at Santa Monica college, and many of the students turned their backs on him while he was talking. I thought that scene was unbelievable.

I really don't think he's trying to get reelected. I hear people complaining about him everywhere. Maybe there is a silent group out there that supports him, but all the complaining has to be having an effect.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I was born there. My shame is lessened.

I still have to hold out for Alabama to join the list...

[Boris Godunov]

Alas, I lived there, too.