| APPROVAL RATING FOR GEORGE W BUSH AS OF 10/17/06 | |||||||||||||
| SORT ► | SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE | ||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 10/17/06 'NET APPROVAL' | |||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 'APPROVAL' IN DESCENDING ORDER | |||||||||||||
| Sorted ▼ |
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| JOB APPROVAL / PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH (Released 10/17/06) | |||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 07/06 'NET APPROVAL' (approval minus disapproval) | MEDIA SPONSOR | ||||||||||||
| 10/17/2006 | Net 10/06 Approval |
Tracking Graphs |
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| # | State | '04 ECV | Approve | Disapprove | |||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | Bush | 57% | 40% | 18% | ID | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 2 | Utah | Bush | 57% | 40% | 16% | UT | KSL-TV | ||||||
| 3 | Wyoming | Bush | 52% | 46% | 6% | WY | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 4 | Montana | Bush | 50% | 48% | 2% | MT | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 5 | North Dakota | Bush | 46% | 49% | -3% | ND | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma | Bush | 46% | 51% | -5% | OK | KFOR-TV | ||||||
| 7 | Nebraska | Bush | 46% | 52% | -6% | NE | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 8 | Texas | Bush | 45% | 52% | -6% | TX | WOAI-TV | KEYE-TV | |||||
| 9 | Alaska | Bush | 45% | 53% | -8% | AK | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 10 | Mississippi | Bush | 44% | 53% | -9% | MS | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 11 | South Dakota | Bush | 44% | 54% | -9% | SD | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 12 | Georgia | Bush | 44% | 53% | -10% | GA | WXIA-TV | WTLV-TV | |||||
| 13 | Alabama | Bush | 43% | 55% | -12% | AL | WKRG-TV | ||||||
| 14 | Indiana | Bush | 42% | 55% | -13% | IN | WHAS-TV | WCPO-TV | |||||
| 15 | New Mexico | Bush | 41% | 55% | -14% | NM | KOB-TV | ||||||
| 16 | Louisiana | Bush | 41% | 57% | -16% | LA | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 17 | Hawaii | Kerry | 40% | 56% | -16% | HI | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 18 | Kentucky | Bush | 41% | 57% | -16% | KY | WHAS-TV | WCPO-TV | |||||
| 19 | Kansas | Bush | 41% | 57% | -16% | KS | KWCH-TV | KCTV-TV | |||||
| 20 | Nevada | Bush | 41% | 57% | -16% | NV | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 21 | Florida | Bush | 41% | 57% | -17% | FL | WFLA-TV | WTLV-TV | WKRG-TV | ||||
| 22 | South Carolina | Bush | 40% | 57% | -17% | SC | WCSC-TV | WLTX-TV | |||||
| 23 | West Virginia | Bush | 40% | 57% | -17% | WV | WUSA-TV | ||||||
| 24 | Arizona | Bush | 40% | 59% | -19% | AZ | KPNX-TV | ||||||
| 25 | New Hampshire | Kerry | 39% | 59% | -19% | NH | WBZ-TV | ||||||
| 26 | North Carolina | Bush | 39% | 58% | -19% | NC | WFMY-TV | ||||||
| 27 | Tennessee | Bush | 39% | 59% | -20% | TN | WBIR-TV | ||||||
| 28 | Colorado | Bush | 39% | 59% | -20% | CO | KUSA-TV | ||||||
| 29 | Virginia | Bush | 39% | 59% | -20% | VA | WUSA-TV | WDBJ-TV | |||||
| 30 | Missouri | Bush | 38% | 59% | -21% | MO | KSDK-TV | KCTV-TV | |||||
| 31 | Oregon | Kerry | 38% | 60% | -21% | OR | KATU-TV | ||||||
| 32 | Ohio | Bush | 37% | 61% | -25% | OH | WKYC-TV | WYTV-TV | WCPO-TV | ||||
| 33 | Washington | Kerry | 37% | 62% | -25% | WA | KING-TV | KATU-TV | |||||
| 34 | Iowa | Bush | 37% | 62% | -26% | IA | KAAL-TV | ||||||
| 35 | Wisconsin | Kerry | 36% | 62% | -26% | WI | WDIO-TV | ||||||
| 36 | Arkansas | Bush | 36% | 62% | -27% | AR | KTHV-TV | ||||||
| 37 | Pennsylvania | Kerry | 36% | 63% | -27% | PA | WCAU-TV | ||||||
| 38 | Maine | Kerry | 35% | 63% | -28% | ME | WCSH-TV | WLBZ-TV | |||||
| 39 | Illinois | Kerry | 35% | 63% | -29% | IL | KSDK-TV | ||||||
| 40 | Minnesota | Kerry | 35% | 63% | -29% | MN | KSTP-TV | WDIO-TV | KSAX-TV | KAAL-TV | |||
| 41 | New Jersey | Kerry | 34% | 63% | -29% | NJ | WABC-TV | WCAU-TV | |||||
| 42 | Delaware | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -30% | DE | WCAU-TV | ||||||
| 43 | Maryland | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -31% | MD | WMAR-TV | WUSA-TV | |||||
| 44 | Michigan | Kerry | 33% | 65% | -32% | MI | WDIV-TV | WZZM-TV | |||||
| 45 | California | Kerry | 32% | 65% | -33% | CA | KABC-TV | KPIX-TV | KXTV-TV | KGTV-TV | |||
| 46 | Connecticut | Kerry | 31% | 67% | -36% | CT | WABC-TV | ||||||
| 47 | New York | Kerry | 30% | 67% | -37% | NY | WABC-TV | WNYT-TV | WGRZ-TV | WHEC-TV | |||
| 48 | Massachusetts | Kerry | 29% | 68% | -38% | MA | WBZ-TV | ||||||
| 49 | Vermont | Kerry | 27% | 72% | -45% | VT | SurveyUSA | ||||||
| 50 | Rhode Island | Kerry | 23% | 75% | -52% | RI | WLNE-TV | ||||||
| Weighted Average | 37% | 60% | -23% | ||||||||||
| ('Weighted Average' means each state is weighted proportionally to its share of USA population. For example, California, the most populated state, is given 71 times the weight of WY the least populated state, in a weighted avg.) | |||||||||||||
| Unweighted Average | 39% | 58% | -19% | ||||||||||
| ('Unweighted Average' means each state is given equal weight; population density is not taken into account). | |||||||||||||
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| 600 adults age 18+ in each of the 50 states were interviewed by SurveyUSA 10/12/06 to 10/15/06. You must credit SurveyUSA and the media sponsor if you broadcast, print, or cite these results in whole or part. Click on each state to open a link which contains the margin of sampling error for each state, a complete statement of methodology, fully crosstabbed data and trendlines. | |||||||||||||