Most popular/Least popular Governor.....

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Holy sh**t, Arnold is big trouble. 40% approve, 56% disapprove. Everyone was saying how "invincible" he was a few months ago. Too bad Bush never got those sort of numbers. Hey, it's stilla little better than Pataki's 36% - 56%. Those numbers make me happy.

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Seeing as about 1 in 20 polls blow up and there are 50 here...

Blow up is a rather unprecise term. Perhaps you mean are outside of the 95% MOE, which is about 4% for samples of n=600. We can still be very sure that Arnold has a net negative approval.

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This is definitely some interesting stuff. I can't think of a more accurate polling firm than SUSA. Hey, when your competition is Gallup and Zogby, it's not hard.

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jfern,

What are people saying about Arnold's chances for re-election?  Who all has jumped into the race, yet?

Back in November when Arnold had about a 70% approval rating (gee a 30% drop), everyone thought it was a foregon conclusion. The front-runner Democratic candidate is State Treasurer Angelides, but State Controller Westly is also running.

Arnold's approval rating has dropped since any match up polls, I don't think he has a 15 point lead any more.

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^ Why do you think so many people disapprove of him?

When Frank Murkowski took over, the state was faced with a major budget gap. To fix it, he cut spending from just about everything he could. Benefits for the elderly were hit hard. As well as education. To raise money, he proposed all sorts of new taxes. He wanted to tax studded tires and dip into oil revenue, which is supposed to go to Alaskan residents, not the state. The taxes and trying to get into the Permanent Fund hurt him the most. It could be said that he had to make the decisions that Tony Knowles was too afraid to make.

AKSaber, do Alaska governors have term limits?  Because if not, I bet Tony Knowles could re-take his old seat.

Hopefully "I appoint my daughter to the Senate" will win the Republican primary.