Wednesday, August 24, 2005

What Red States?

Stolen from Altercation:

August 23, 2005 |1:22 PM ET| Permalink

From Scott Lilly of the Center for American Progress:

The new Survey USA poll has bad state-by-state news for Mr. Bush. Essentially, the only states where Mr. Bush is popular right now are:

  • Alabama [+7%]
  • Idaho [+23%]
  • Montana [+5]
  • Nebraska [+13%]
  • North Dakota [+6%]
  • Oklahoma [+4%]
  • Texas [+11%]
  • Utah [+19%]
  • Wyoming [+20%]

He's below 50% even in Mississippi, though his approval rating is still two percentage points higher than his disapproval rating in Mississippi [49-47 percent].

Mr. Bush is most unpopular in these states:

  • California [-30%]
  • Connecticut [-29%]
  • Delaware [-32%]
  • Illinois [-19%]
  • Maine [-18%]
  • Maryland [-28%]
  • Massachusetts [-32%]
  • Michigan [-20%]
  • Minnesota [-20%]
  • Missouri [-20%]
  • New Jersey [-26%]
  • New York [-28%]
  • Ohio [-23%]
  • Rhode Island [-39%]
  • Vermont [-30%]

Most surprising results:

  • -16% in Arkansas
  • -4% in Georgia
  • -4% in Kansas
  • -11% in Kentucky
  • -20% in Missouri
  • -7% in South Dakota
  • -9% in Tennessee
  • -10% in Virginia*

Clearly, this goes beyond the blue/red state divide. When Bush is down 20 points in Missouri and well below 50% in places like Kentucky, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia, there is a lot of discontent in these here United States of Amurrica.

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