| APPROVAL RATING FOR GEORGE W BUSH AS OF 12/22/05 | |||||||||||||
| SORT ► | SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE | ||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 12/05 'NET APPROVAL' | |||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 'APPROVAL' IN DESCENDING ORDER | |||||||||||||
| Interviews conducted 12/9/05 through 12/11/05, after Bush 11/30 speech to Naval Academy, after Bush 12/7 speech to Council on Foreign Relations, but before Bush 12/12 address to Philadelphia World Affairs Council, before Bush 12/14 address to Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, before 12/15 Iraqi elections, before Bush 12/17 "live" radio address, before Bush 12/18 Prime-Time Oval Office address, and before Bush 12/19 morning press conference. | |||||||||||||
| Sorted ▼ |
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| JOB APPROVAL / PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH (Released 12/22/05) | |||||||||||||
| SORTED BY 'APPROVAL' IN DESCENDING ORDER | MEDIA SPONSOR | ||||||||||||
| 12/22/2005 | Net 12/05 Approval |
Tracking Graphs |
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| # | State | '04 ECV | Approve | Disapprove | |||||||||
| 1 | Utah | Bush | 63% | 34% | 29% | UT | KSL-TV | ||||||
| 2 | Idaho | Bush | 57% | 38% | 19% | ID | |||||||
| 3 | Wyoming | Bush | 55% | 43% | 12% | WY | |||||||
| 4 | Alabama | Bush | 54% | 43% | 11% | AL | WKRG-TV | ||||||
| 5 | Nebraska | Bush | 53% | 44% | 9% | NE | |||||||
| 6 | Alaska | Bush | 51% | 47% | 4% | AK | |||||||
| 7 | Montana | Bush | 50% | 48% | 2% | MT | |||||||
| 8 | Georgia | Bush | 49% | 48% | 1% | GA | WXIA-TV | WTLV-TV | |||||
| 8 | Kansas | Bush | 49% | 49% | 0% | KS | KWCH-TV | ||||||
| 10 | Arizona | Bush | 48% | 51% | -3% | AZ | KPNX-TV | ||||||
| 10 | Mississippi | Bush | 48% | 49% | -1% | MS | |||||||
| 10 | South Dakota | Bush | 48% | 50% | -2% | SD | |||||||
| 13 | Louisiana | Bush | 47% | 50% | -3% | LA | |||||||
| 14 | Florida | Bush | 46% | 52% | -6% | FL | WFOR-TV | WPTV-TV | WFLA-TV | WKMG-TV | WTLV-TV | WKRG-TV | |
| 14 | North Dakota | Bush | 46% | 50% | -4% | ND | |||||||
| 14 | Texas | Bush | 46% | 50% | -4% | TX | KPRC-TV | WOAI-TV | KEYE-TV | ||||
| 14 | Virginia | Bush | 46% | 52% | -6% | VA | WUSA-TV | WSLS-TV | |||||
| 18 | Oklahoma | Bush | 45% | 50% | -5% | OK | KFOR-TV | KJRH-TV | |||||
| 19 | Missouri | Bush | 44% | 52% | -8% | MO | KSDK-TV | ||||||
| 19 | South Carolina | Bush | 44% | 54% | -10% | SC | WCSC-TV | WLTX-TV | WBTV-TV | ||||
| 19 | Tennessee | Bush | 44% | 53% | -9% | TN | WBIR-TV | ||||||
| 22 | New Mexico | Bush | 43% | 55% | -12% | NM | KOB-TV | ||||||
| 23 | Colorado | Bush | 42% | 55% | -13% | CO | KUSA-TV | ||||||
| 23 | Indiana | Bush | 42% | 55% | -13% | IN | WXIN-TV | WHAS-TV | WCPO-TV | ||||
| 23 | Kentucky | Bush | 42% | 54% | -12% | KY | WHAS-TV | WCPO-TV | |||||
| 23 | North Carolina | Bush | 42% | 55% | -13% | NC | WTVD-TV | WFMY-TV | WBTV-TV | ||||
| 27 | Hawaii | Kerry | 41% | 53% | -12% | HI | KHON-TV | ||||||
| 27 | Minnesota | Kerry | 41% | 56% | -15% | MN | KSTP-TV | WDIO-TV | KSAX-TV | KAAL-TV | |||
| 29 | Nevada | Bush | 40% | 58% | -18% | NV | KVBC-TV | ||||||
| 29 | Wisconsin | Kerry | 40% | 58% | -18% | WI | WDIO-TV | ||||||
| 31 | Oregon | Kerry | 39% | 58% | -19% | OR | KATU-TV | ||||||
| 31 | West Virginia | Bush | 39% | 58% | -19% | WV | WUSA-TV | ||||||
| 33 | Arkansas | Bush | 38% | 59% | -21% | AR | KTHV-TV | ||||||
| 34 | Iowa | Bush | 37% | 60% | -23% | IA | KAAL-TV | ||||||
| 34 | New Hampshire | Kerry | 37% | 60% | -23% | NH | WBZ-TV | ||||||
| 34 | Ohio | Bush | 37% | 62% | -25% | OH | WKYC-TV | WYTV-TV | WCPO-TV | ||||
| 37 | Illinois | Kerry | 36% | 60% | -24% | IL | KSDK-TV | ||||||
| 37 | New Jersey | Kerry | 36% | 61% | -25% | NJ | WABC-TV | WCAU-TV | |||||
| 37 | Washington | Kerry | 36% | 60% | -24% | WA | KING-TV | KATU-TV | |||||
| 40 | California | Kerry | 35% | 61% | -26% | CA | KABC-TV | KPIX-TV | KXTV-TV | KGTV-TV | |||
| 40 | Michigan | Kerry | 35% | 62% | -27% | MI | WDIV-TV | WZZM-TV | |||||
| 40 | Pennsylvania | Kerry | 35% | 62% | -27% | PA | WCAU-TV | WNEP-TV | |||||
| 43 | Connecticut | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -30% | CT | WABC-TV | ||||||
| 43 | Delaware | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -30% | DE | WCAU-TV | ||||||
| 43 | Maine | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -30% | ME | WCSH-TV | WLBZ-TV | |||||
| 43 | Maryland | Kerry | 34% | 64% | -30% | MD | WMAR-TV | WUSA-TV | |||||
| 47 | Vermont | Kerry | 30% | 67% | -37% | VT | |||||||
| 48 | Massachusetts | Kerry | 28% | 68% | -40% | MA | WBZ-TV | ||||||
| 48 | New York | Kerry | 28% | 67% | -39% | NY | WABC-TV | WNYT-TV | WGRZ-TV | WHEC-TV | |||
| 50 | Rhode Island | Kerry | 25% | 73% | -48% | RI | WLNE-TV | ||||||
| Weighted Average | 40% | 57% | -17% | ||||||||||
| ('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 | 42% | 55% | -13% | ||||||||||
| ('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 12/9/05 to 12/11/05. 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. | |||||||||||||