No big surprise. I can't still say that Scott Walker is one of the most unpopular Governors in the US
Because he's pretty popular...
Really, he is about even -- but just under -- with an approval rating of 48-49. That's not quite as bad as the ratings for some other Republican Governors, but that's not what I would describe as "pretty popular".
Update -- Sam Brownback is very unpopular in Kansas. I had missed Sean Parnell in Alaska, and he is slightly above water.
I am going on margins here. Democrats ahead will of course be shown in
red and Republicans ahead will be shown in
blue. Saturation of color will so look:
tie white
1-3% 20% saturation
4-7% 40% saturation
8%-20% 60% saturation
over 20% 80% saturation
Qualification: The lowest level of saturation (20%) now applies for any incumbent Governor whose positive margin of approval is under 8% but whose approval rating is under 50%. The second-lowest level of saturation (40%) now applies to any Governor whose approval rating is under 50% but whose margin of difference is 8% or higher. No change applies to any Governor whose approval is lower than disapproval. A governor is not in a strong position until he has at least 50% approval. The rationale is to avoid giving a recently-elected Governor credit for a "honeymoon".
Behind, yellow the colors to
green for Republicans and
orange for Democrats. Dark shades of orange are really
brown. Ties are
yellow.
Governors who die, resign, are defeated in bids for re-election, retire at the end of their terms, or are impeached and removed from office will be whited out. Independent governor or no governor -- white.
Note that the green shades all stand for Republican Governors whose approval ratings are negative. Republican Governors of Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas (now add Kansas, of all places) are doing badly. Causes are your guesses.
There's only one state with an orange shade indicating a Democrat doing badly -- Illinois. The Governorship of Illinois is a snake-bitten job.