In the Golden State, United States Senator Dianne Feinstein has a 53% approval rating, a 38% disapproval rating, and a Net Job Approval of Plus 15. Senator Barbara Boxer is at 51% approval, 39% disapproval, and Net Plus 12. Crosstabs and tracking are here.

Senior US Senator from Alabama Richard Shelby today has a 58% approval rating and a 34% disapproval rating, for a Net Job Approval of Plus 24. Junior Senator Jeff Sessions has a 60% approval and 32% disapproval rating, yielding a Net Job Approval of Plus 28. Full results are here.

Washington State Governor, Democrat Christine Gregoire,  elected in a controversially tight 2004 election, is up for re-election this year and will once again face her 2004 opponent, Republican Dino Rossi. Gregoire’s approval ratings, first tracked by SurveyUSA five months into her term, in May 2005, have fluctuated over the past three years, from a low [...]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s approval ratings fell for the third consecutive month in SurveyUSA’s monthly tracking. Schwarzenegger had a positive approval rating for eleven of the twelve months of 2007, ending the year with a 55% approval and 42% disapproval rating. Subtracting disapproval from approval yields Net Job Approval; Schwarzenegger’s was at Plus 13 at [...]

It’s been a while since we last checked approval ratings for Indiana’s US Senators, and the tracking graphs show very little has changed. When last we looked in on senior Senator Dick Lugar, over a year ago, the Republican had a Plus 41 Net Job Approval.  Today, it’s Plus 38. Junior Senator Evan Bayh, often [...]

Yesterday, we looked at approval ratings for South Carolina governor Mark Sanford (Plus 28), and discussed poll results showing a 49/40 split on whether or not he’d be a good running mate for Arizona Senator John McCain, with 49% saying he would not Today, a peek at approval ratings and the vice presidential question for [...]

United States Senator Sam Brownback, a presidential candidate until last November, today has a 48% approval and 41% disapproval rate in his home state of Kansas, according to SurveyUSA monthly approval tracking conducted by SurveyUSA. Brownback’s Plus 7 Net Job Approval is significantly lower than that of Kansas’ junior senator, Pat Roberts, who today is [...]

In many states, the two United States Senators are viewed similarly, with both enjoying similar approval ratings. Ohio is not currently one of those states: Senior Senator George Voinovich, in positive approval rating territory in four of the past twelve months, is today in negative territory once more, with a 42% approval and 48% disapproval [...]

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today has a 45% approval and 51% disapproval rating. This is the first time Schwarzenegger’s approval rating has fallen below 47% and the first time his disapproval rating has risen above 50% since October of 2006, when Schwarzenegger’s Net Job Approval, calculated by subtracting disapproval from approval,  was at Minus 9. Schwarzenegger [...]

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, whose chances of being named John McCain’s running mate are tracked each week by the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages newspaper, today has a 52% approval rating and a 46% disapproval rating, for a Net Job Approval of Plus 6. Full crosstabs and tracking are here. Research conducted for KSTP-TV in Minneapolis, [...]