Best and Worst Governors of the Past 25 Years: Ohio

[MAINEiac4434]

Land of Republican Governors and LeBron, I guess.

Nancy Hollister served for ten days between Voinovich's resignation and Taft's inauguration. Due to her brief tenure, I did not include her.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Kasich/Strickland

[SATW]

Kasich (as much as i dislike him personally, hes a great gov)/Taft (he's corrupt, easy answer)

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Voinovich/Taft

[Kingpoleon]

1. Voinovich
2. Kasich
3. Taft
4. Strickland

Overall, Ohio's Governors have always been remarkably successful.

[Del Tachi]

Kasich/Strickland but accidentally voted Strickland/Kasich

[Santander]

Taft/Strickland

[Mr. Smith]

Taft/Strickland

Reverse this.

[Alabama_Indy10]

What did Strickland do that was so good? Besides being a Dem

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Anyone who didn't vote Bob Taft for worst is doing this wrong.

[Lechasseur]

Voinovich/Taft

[SWE]

What did Strickland do that was so good? Besides being a Dem

I don't see what else he'd have to do to be better than the other three?

[Alabama_Indy10]

What did Strickland do that was so good? Besides being a Dem

I don't see what else he'd have to do to be better than the other three?

What did Kasich and Voinovich do so wrong that Strickland did right?

[BuckeyeNut]

Taft's by far the worse due to CoinGate -- even if he's okay as a person -- and while I'm tempted to vote Voinovich for best due to his time in the Senate, I don't remember his governance. So Strickland. I'd like Kasich more if he didn't have to kowtow to the legislature full of arch-conservatives.

[TJ in Oregon]

Voinovich was one of the few politicians in recent memory with a genuinely successful tenure running Ohio. He was continually reelected by gigantic margins for every office he ran for. He's the clear and obvious answer for best governor.

Taft is the runaway choice for worst. I mean, his approval rating was <10% by the time he left office.

Strickland is a progressive blowhard, but didn't do much of anything for better or for worse.

Kasich has gone full circle from polarizing right winger to consensus favorite son to polarizing media golden boy chasing after cameras the way lawyers chase ambulances. Salt his selection to taste.

[Lechasseur]

Voinovich was one of the few politicians in recent memory with a genuinely successful tenure running Ohio. He was continually reelected by gigantic margins for every office he ran for. He's the clear and obvious answer for best governor.

Taft is the runaway choice for worst. I mean, his approval rating was <10% by the time he left office.

Strickland is a progressive blowhard, but didn't do much of anything for better or for worse.

Kasich has gone full circle from polarizing right winger to consensus favorite son to polarizing media golden boy chasing after cameras the way lawyers chase ambulances. Salt his selection to taste.

This

[Maxwell]

1. Strickland
2. Voinovich
3. Kasich
4. Taft

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Strickland=FF and underrated gubernatorial tenure, but Voinovich seems to have been more successful and he had a good tenure in the Senate. So him. Taft is clearly the worst.

[Vosem]

1. Voinovich
2. Kasich
~~~MASSIVE GAP~~~
3. Strickland
4. Taft

Also, what kind of sexist forgets about Nancy Hollister?

[MAINEiac4434]

1. Voinovich
2. Kasich
~~~MASSIVE GAP~~~
3. Strickland
4. Taft

Also, what kind of sexist forgets about Nancy Hollister?

She only served for 10 days! She didn't do anything!

[MAINEiac4434]

Best
Don Siegelman: 66.67% (AL, 1999-2003
Tony Knowles: 47.62% (AK, 1994-2002)
Janet Napolitano: 94.42% (AZ, 2003-2009)
Mike Beebe: 45.71% (AR, 2007-2015)
Jerry Brown Part II: 67.57% (CA, 2011-)
Roy Romer & John Hickenlooper: 37.50% (CO, 1987-1999 & 2011-)
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.: 60% (CT, 1991-1995)
Mike Castle: 38.46% (DE, 1985-1992)
Lawton Chiles: 48.48% (FL, 1991-1998)
Roy Barnes: 50% (GA, 1999-2003)
Linda Lingle: 50% (HI, 2002-2010)
Cecil D. Andrus Part II: 66.67% (ID, 1987-1995)
Pat Quinn: 48.94% (IL, 2009-2015)
Evan Bayh: 48.43% (IN, 1989-1997)
Tom Vilsack: 73.68% (IA, 1999-2007)
Kathleen Sebelius: 60% (KS, 2003-2009)
Steve Beshear: 68.42% (KY, 2007-2015)
John Bel Edwards: 62.50% (LA, 2016-)
Angus King: 55.17% (ME, 1995-2003)
Martin O'Malley: 45% (MD, 2007-2015)
William Weld & Deval Patrick: 38.71% (MA, 1991-1997 & 2007-2015)
Jennifer Granholm: 68.57% (MI, 2003-2011)
Mark Dayton: 65.38% (MN, 2011-)
Ronnie Musgrove: 69.57% (MS, 2000-2004)
Mel Carnahan: 79.17% (MO, 1993-2000)
Ben Nelson: 76.47% (NE, 1991-1999)
Brian Sandoval: 60.87% (NV, 2011-)
John Lynch: 41.18% (NH, 2007-2013)
Christine Todd Whitman: 52.17% (NJ, 1994-2001)
Gary Johnson: 61.9% (NM, 1995-2003)
Mario Cuomo: 43.24% (NY, 1983-1994)
Jim Hunt, Part II: 44.44% (NC, 1993-2001)
George A. Sinner & John Hoeven: 41.67% (ND, 1985-1992 & 2000-2010)
Ted Strickland: 43.24% (OH, 2007-2011)

Worst
Robert Bentley: 100% (AL, 2011-2017)
Sarah Palin: 52.38% (AK, 2006-2009)
Jan Brewer: 77.78% (AZ, 2009-2015)
Mike Huckabee: 51.43% (AR, 1998-2007)
Pete Wilson: 43.24% (CA, 1991-1999)
Bill Owens: 62.50% (CO, 1999-2007)
John G. Rowland: 47.83% (CT, 1995-2004)
Dale E. Wolf: 46.15% (DE, 1992-1993)
Rick Scott: 66.67% (FL, 2011-)
Nathan Deal: 65% (GA, 2011-)
Neil Abercrombie: 62.50% (HI, 2010-2014)
C.L. "Butch" Otter: 28.57% (ID, 2007-)
Rod Blagojevich: 48.94% (IL, 2003-2009)
Mike Pence: 60.87% (IN, 2013-2017)
Terry Branstad Part II: 73.68% (IA, 2011-2017)
Sam Brownback: 86.36% (KS, 2011-)
Matt Bevin: 60% (KY, 2015-)
Bobby Jindal: 48.39% (LA, 2008-2016)
Paul LePage: 79.31% (ME, 2011-)
Bob Ehrlich, Jr.: 47.06% (MD, 2003-2007)
Mitt Romney: 51.72% (MA, 2003-2007)
Rick Snyder: 80% (MI, 2011-)
Jesse Ventura: 42.32% (MN, 1999-2003)
Phil Bryant: 47.87% (MS, 2011-)
John Ashcroft: 47.83% (MO, 1985-1993)
Pete Ricketts: 68.75% (NE, 2015-)
Jim Gibbons: 77.27% (NV, 2007-2011)
Maggie Hassan & Chris Sununu: 29.41% (2013-2017 & 2017-)
Chris Christie: 68% (NJ, 2010-)
Bill Richardson: 57.14% (NM, 2003-2011)
Eliot Spitzer: 45.95% (NY, 2006-2008)
Pat McCrory: 57.89% (NC, 2013-2016)
Jack Dalrymple: 50% (ND, 2010-2016)
Bob Taft: 57.89% (OH, 1999-2007)

[Rjjr77]

The fact that Strickland won this shows how terribly partisan this board is.

[Lechasseur]

The fact that Strickland won this shows how terribly partisan this board is.

Agreed

[RINO Tom]

What did Strickland do that was so good? Besides being a Dem

I don't see what else he'd have to do to be better than the other three?

What did Kasich and Voinovich do so wrong that Strickland did right?

Something something unions.

Anyway, Voinovich/Strickland.

[America Needs R'hllor]

The fact that Strickland won this shows how terribly partisan this board is.

Gotta agree here.