Governors' Approval Ratings
Governor | Date | Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor |
|
09/22/08
|
26%
|
39%
|
20%
|
15%
|
|
10/28/08
|
46%
|
15%
|
17%
|
22%
|
|
07/30/08
|
28%
|
27%
|
26%
|
27%
|
|
10/27/08
|
28%
|
40%
|
21%
|
8%
|
Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) |
10/25/08
|
6%
|
26%
|
38%
|
30%
|
|
10/16/08
|
17%
|
33%
|
25%
|
22%
|
|
10/14/08
|
21%
|
37%
|
34%
|
9%
|
|
10/10/08
|
5%
|
17%
|
41%
|
36%
|
|
10/12/08
|
23%
|
32%
|
30%
|
14%
|
|
10/30/08
|
18%
|
30%
|
29%
|
22%
|
|
10/13/08
|
0%
|
4%
|
29%
|
65%
|
Chet Culver (D)
|
10/23/08
|
12%
|
33%
|
32%
|
22%
|
|
10/13/08
|
25%
|
21%
|
26%
|
25%
|
|
10/29/08
|
11%
|
28%
|
39%
|
17%
|
|
10/21/08
|
50%
|
25%
|
21%
|
3%
|
|
10/02/08
|
3%
|
24%
|
30%
|
41%
|
|
09/20/08
|
8%
|
26%
|
35%
|
29%
|
|
10/13/08
|
6%
|
32%
|
39%
|
20%
|
|
10/08/08
|
10%
|
22%
|
30%
|
37%
|
|
10/28/08
|
27%
|
26%
|
29%
|
17%
|
|
10/27/08
|
30%
|
18%
|
31%
|
20%
|
|
10/15/08
|
12%
|
23%
|
26%
|
36%
|
Brian Schweitzer (D)
|
10/29/08
|
37%
|
23%
|
22%
|
17%
|
Dave Heineman (R)
|
09/30/08
|
26%
|
38%
|
23%
|
9%
|
Jim Gibbons (R)
|
10/16/08
|
8%
|
17%
|
22%
|
53%
|
|
10/23/08
|
27%
|
34%
|
26%
|
11%
|
|
10/07/08
|
3%
|
22%
|
35%
|
37%
|
Bill Richardson (D)
|
10/28/08
|
24%
|
24%
|
30%
|
20%
|
|
10/14/08
|
12%
|
38%
|
37%
|
11%
|
|
10/29/08
|
8%
|
32%
|
31%
|
25%
|
|
09/08/08
|
39%
|
34%
|
19%
|
6%
|
|
09/28/08
|
14%
|
28%
|
38%
|
17%
|
|
09/11/08
|
20%
|
33%
|
33%
|
13%
|
|
10/14/08
|
12%
|
33%
|
26%
|
27%
|
|
10/30/08
|
17%
|
24%
|
34%
|
23%
|
|
09/13/08
|
20%
|
22%
|
28%
|
28%
|
Mark Sanford (R)
|
09/18/08
|
17%
|
36%
|
28%
|
17%
|
Mike Rounds (R)
|
07/09/08
|
25%
|
31%
|
28%
|
15%
|
|
10/16/08
|
20%
|
44%
|
23%
|
9%
|
|
10/21/08
|
14%
|
28%
|
39%
|
19%
|
|
06/19/08
|
28%
|
40%
|
26%
|
5%
|
Vermont |
10/07/08
|
20%
|
28%
|
31%
|
19%
|
|
10/12/08
|
17%
|
28%
|
31%
|
21%
|
|
10/22/08
|
21%
|
22%
|
22%
|
34%
|
Joe Manchin III (D) West Virginia
|
09/24/08
|
18%
|
39%
|
26%
|
17%
|
|
10/23/08
|
6%
|
28%
|
29%
|
32%
|
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