Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Republican crunchin' number crunching

Many states that went red in '04 are now just seeing red.

In 19 of the states that went to Bush in the '04 election, his approval rating has now dropped below 50% - in 9 of those states his disapproval numbers are 50% or higher!


06/05 - Bushapprove disapprove
Virginia49%46%
Louisiana 49%47%
Oklahoma49%47%
South Carolina48%47%
South Dakota48% 47%
Georgia 48%48%
Indiana48%48%
Tennessee 48%49%
West Virginia47%47%
Arizona46%49%
Florida46%50%
Missouri46% 52%
New Mexico45%50%
North Carolina45%50%
Colorado45%52%
Arkansas44%52%
Iowa44%52%
Ohio40%57%
Nevada38%57%

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Bush approval rating is 50% or higher in only 12 states.


Utah
Nebraska
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Alabama
Alaska
North Dakota
Kansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Texas

Even in Bush's home state of Texas his numbers look bad, 50% approve and 47% disapprove.