Gubernatorial Opinion Series: Summary and Your Votes

[RR1997]

My Votes (click on the links to go to the opinion thread of that governor):

Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley: FF (I only voted FF because I knew very little about him, and after learning more about him, I regret my FF vote.)
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell: FF
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer: HP
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe: FF
California Governor Jerry Brown: FF
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper: HP
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy: HP
Delaware Governor Jack Markell: HP
Florida Governor Rick Scott: HP
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal: HP
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie: HP
Idaho Governor Butch Otter: FF
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn: HP
Indiana Governor Mike Pence: FF
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad: HP
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback: HP
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear: HP
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal: FF
Maine Governor Paul LePage: HP
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley: HP
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: HP
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder: FF
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton: HP
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant: HP
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon: FF
Montana Governor Steve Bullock: FF
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman: FF
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval: FF
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan: HP
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: HP
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez: HP
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: FF
North Carolina Governor Pat McCroy: HP
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple: FF
Ohio Governor John Kasich: FF
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin: HP
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber: FF
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett: FF
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee: FF
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: FF
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard: FF
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam: FF
Texas Governor Rick Perry: HP
Utah Governor Gary Herbert: FF
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin: HP
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe: HP
Washington Governor Jay Inslee : HP
West Virginia Governor Ray Earl Tomlin : FF
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: FF
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead : FF

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In order from most liked to least liked:

Net Positive Approval Rating:
California Governor Jerry Brown: 75.3% Approval
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe: 75% Approval
Delaware Governor Jack Markell: 75% Approval
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber: 75% Approval
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin: 73% Approval
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear: 70.4% Approval
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval: 69.7% Approval
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton: 69.2% Approval
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon: 65.5% Approval
Montana Governor Steve Bullock: 64.2% Approval
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy: 62.1% Approval
New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan: 60.6% Approval
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper: 60.4% Approval
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee: 59% Approval
Washington Governor Jay Isnlee: 56.4% Approval
Net Negative Approval Rating:
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam: 48.5% Approval
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie: 47.4% Approval
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley: 46.1% Approval
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick: 43.4% Approval
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple: 42.2% Approval
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead: 41.9 % Approval
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman: 41.3% Approval
West Virgina Governor Ray Earl Tomblin: 40.5% Approval
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez: 40.3% Approval
Utah Governor Gary Herbert: 39.5% Approval
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell: 38.9% Approval
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn: 38.8% Approval
Ohio Governor John Kasich: 38.6% Approval
Indiana Governor Mike Pence: 37.5%% Approval
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe: 33.8% Approval
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad: 32.4% Approval
South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard: 32.3% Approval
Maine Governor Paul LePage: 32% Approval
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: 31.7% Approval
Idaho Governor Butch Otter: 31.4% Approval
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo: 30.1% Approval
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder: 28.3% Approval
North Carolina Governor Pat McCroy: 26.6% Approval
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley: 26% Approval
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal: 22.2% Approval
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin: 22.2% Approval
Texas Governor Rick Perry: 20.7% Approval
Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley: 20.4% Approval
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant: 18.6% Approval
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: 18.1% Approval
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback: 16% Approval
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett: 13.9% Approval
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer: 11.3% Approval
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal: 10.9% Approval
Florida Governor Rick Scott: 8.7% Approval
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Average Approval Rating: 42.1% Approval (Jack Dalrymple bellwether)
Republican aggregate average (29): 29.7% Approval
Democrat aggregate average  (21): 58.1% Approval
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Map:

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Now post how you voted in this poll series, and discuss the results below.

[RR1997]

O'Malley got a negative approval? That's weird.

Also, what's the love for Beshear and Beebe?

I think the reason why Beebe got such a high approval rating is because there were many Democrats and Republicans (myself included) who voted FF for him. I was also very surprised myself when O'Malley got a net negative approval rating.

[RR1997]

I'm still surprised that "muh Hispanics" beat out the "Republican Officeholder=HP" trend in regards to Sandoval.

He's also one of the sanest of the bunch.

You could argue that about Haslam as well, but he also got an "HP" vote.

Although to be fair, Haslam was only 2 votes away from earning a net positive approval rating, and was the least negative of the negative governors.

[RR1997]

36. Andrew Cuomo

lol

Not sure if this was accidental or intentional.

[RR1997]

Very cool, but you labeled Walker as a FF when indeed the forum voted HP. He ought to be labeled as the massive HP that he is.

Your looking at the "my votes" section. That is how I, RR1997, voted in these polls, not the forum as a whole. Go look at the "In order from most liked to least liked" section, and the map. I did label Walker as an HP, because that is how the forum voted.