There is nothing original about this short diary. I just wanted to make you aware of an interesting Gallup survey from yesterday that measures President Obama’s approval in all 50 states:
Here’s the link: http://www.gallup.com/poll/141…
You should go to “page 2” in the survey for a chart showing approval/disapproval by state. Also, here’s a map from the survey above:
The Gallup labeling appears slightly misleading to me because, while in all the states marked as “below average” Obama does have a net negative approval, in all the states marked as “above average” AS WELL AS in all the states marked as “average” his approval is a net positive.
The only “unpleasant surprises” to me are New Hampshire and Missouri. On the other hand, there are a number of pleasant surprises, including Ohio, Colorado, South Dakota, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas. The map almost looks like a very plausible near-future electoral college configuration to me, with the lightest green states going GOP, and the medium green and dark green ones going Democratic — maybe plausible in 2016 or 2020, that is !
I can only see partial lists in the linked article.
If and when the economy turns. Doesn’t look likely now but Mondale lead Reagan in October 1983 and we know what happened then.
I’d really like to see an explanation for the low results in New Hampshire. I’m also troubled by the results in MO and MT. I was hoping that Obama would flip those states in 2012 along with keeping all his 2008 states.
Hmm, I don’t see Obama winning TX and MS but losing NH. 🙂
BTW: The average range is as low as 46%. So some of those states have negative approval.
for ms, ga, sd, tx any day of the year
I am really suprised Indiana is only a net -4. If that’s really true, here and elsewhere, that’s really good news. Given lagging job growth, the Gulf spill, and any number of other things, this isn’t too shabby at all.
How Obama’s approval ratings in the South are not too bad even though the South is basically tea party central.