Michigan DU'ers: Why is Jennifer Granholm's approval rating so low?

[liberalpragmatist]

I thought it was really high last year. What's been going on in Michigan that turned her ratings so low?

Might she lose the upcoming election?

http://www.surveyusa.com/50governorsrated051005.htm

[krkaufman]

1. Likely the high unemployment

Michigan's in deep doo-doo due to the auto industry slump (and greater dependence on manufacturing).

[notadmblnd]

2. because Engler let the financial state of Michigan in ruin

and she has had to raise taxes. People don't like it.

[indy_azcat]

3. it might have something to do with the 7% unemployment rate

http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

only DC and PR beat us!

An auto-based economy w/ the auto industry taking a huge hit - tensions are pretty high and not even JG can escape it.

[Mass]

4. my confidence in surveyusa is very limited \nt

[KlatooBNikto]

5. The decline in the fortunes of GM and Ford is affecting Michigan badly.

That,of course, has nothing to do with Jennifer Granholm but Michigan has a particularly virulent Republican Party concentrated in the Western part headed by the DeVos Family which combines its Amway pyramid scheme with fundamentalist religious fervor.

[IdaBriggs]

6. There is also a tree thing going on -- we got some kind of contagious

tree disease, and you can't take firewood camping for fear of infecting more parts of the state. Its pissed a lot of people off. I still like her, tho. :)