This one shocked me...
Jennifer Granholm A: 36% D: 57%
I thought she was extremley popular and a definite lock for re-election?
She'll probably win re-election (unless the GOP comes up with a good candidate), but the main reason behind the approval rating is because, to put it bluntly...
Michigan's economy is in the sh*tter.
Economic conditions are influencing the fact that a lot of Governors in the Sun Belt are in good shape approval-wise, whereas a lot of governors in the Rust Belt are in terrible shape approval-wise. (Bob Taft is just an idiot, nothing affects him)
I'll deal with the states that I know that don't fit this condition in my next post.
Also, keep in mind that at least 1 out of every 20 polls is going to be an outlier, pretty much guarantees there's going to be at least 2-3 polls here that are totally wrong. I'll give my impressions as to which ones they probably are in the next post too.