Do you like those Red/Blue USA maps? You'll LOVE this one!

[Richard Steele]

Our fellow DUer 'specimenfred1984' started a thread with
a state-by-state map of Da Blivet's APPROVAL RATINGS:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x679672#683460

However, the best map he could find
depicted the numbers from last November.

I took the liberty of UPDATING it to reflect the latest data from SurveyUSA:



SurveyUSA link:
http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StateBushApproval060315State.htm

[B Calm]

1. Great Map!!

[cali]

2. Great.

Thanks for doing this. I'm proud to be part of the deep blue Northeast. (Now if only we could sink CT and NH approval ratings to under 30% and get rid of that nasty pepto pink and drab gray)

[Richard Steele]

4. Happy to do it. This was a VERY satisfying little project!

I wish my North Carolina was a darker blue myself,
but hey- give it time, it's getting there!

[wakeme2008]

3. Nom and what happened to Alabama nt

[Richard Steele]

5. I dunno- it's the only state that went UP since Nov.

WTF is going on in Alabama to make that happen?
Anybody have an idea?

[Debau2005]

6. Sad to say I am from Bama

Being Bama born, I can make this comment! They are so backwards they think down is up!:think:

Who the hell knows, that is why I left. I am only forced back for holidays.

[Richard Steele]

7. Well, can you think of...

...any issues at all that might be specific to Alabama?

There must be SOMETHING that they care about there
which the rest of the states don't.

It's just ODD, is all. :shrug:

[Debau2005]

8. Today's

News states that Bama farmers are about to get the shaft, you would think this would turn them back towards blue! I just don't get it.

http://www.al.com/business/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/business/1142504165238060.xml&coll=3

But it is the heart of the Bible Belt, there is no telling what is being spewed from the pulpits!

[Richard Steele]

9. Ah, yes...the pulpits.

Always the X factor in the equation,
because I have so little info on what
they might be up to at any given moment.

That might possibly be it.

[Radio_Guy]

31. Just a lot of idiots here

Gov. Bob Riley, AG Troy King, Gov. wannabe Mike Hubbard, and other repukes trying to make this state redder than it is. Good people like Lucy Baxley and Don Siegelman will hopefully bring this state to its senses.

[Richard Steele]

36. Well, here's to HOPE, then!

:toast:

[glitch]

10. I have color envy. Oh how I envy NY,MA,VT, ME,MI,NJ

WA State is too pale still.

[mainegreen]

11. Unfortuanately we're turning blue due to strangulation by feds.

x(

[glitch]

12. At least you're smart enough to realize it. Here in WA we're strangled too

but some of us still don't get exactly who is doing it.

[DeepModem Mom]

13. This post selected for DeepModem Mom's journal's...

personally recommended posts. Thank you for this great map!

[Richard Steele]

15. Well, it wasn't my idea originally....

So I can't take too much credit.
I just took the time to update it from the November map
that was posted yesterday.

It certainly is a great map, though, innit?
I might have to use it for wallpaper.

[specimenfred1984]

14. Beautiful!

Rec'd!

[Richard Steele]

16. Thanks, Fred! You deserve the credit for starting it all! nm

[Clark2008]

17. Finally! After eight years Tennessee is a blue state!

:rofl:

[Richard Steele]

20. Well, it's THINKING like a Blue state...

But getting them to start ACTING like one
is still gonna be a lot of work!

Kinda like here in NC.....

[mdmc]

18. kick

BLUE! YOUR MY MAN, BLUE!

[Jim Lane]

19. Question about polls

Has anyone seen a poll asking how people would vote if Kerry versus Bush were being rerun today?

I'm curious about whether these low poll ratings translate into a willingness to vote against the "Commander in Chief" during "wartime".

[Richard Steele]

23. Honestly, no. I have not seen such a poll.

But history tells us that such a question would NOT
generate the same numbers as a simple "do you approve" poll.

[DrDebug]

21. It is gorgeous

There you go. The planet is blue after all :)

So throw out the voting machines and have some early elections...

[Richard Steele]

22. Thanks Doc!

Your whole idea, with the throwing and the having...
what a wonderful day that would be. *sigh*

[Lochloosa]

24. Kick for a beautiful map!

[katinmn]

25. Wow! Would like to see MN in the 20s though.

Soon I guess.

[Richard Steele]

26. Patience is A virtue, or so I am told....nm

[Lisa]

27. now listen to the GOP whine about how "land doesn't vote" ...

.... and that those big swaths of blue are "misleading"!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. Arkansas - wow

I would have never guessed a southern state would be so blue.

[Richard Steele]

32. Well, they don't seem to tolerate the Clinton-Bashing as much...

...so that gives them a partial immunity
to the B*shCabal™ propaganda right from the start.

They might still fall for it as quick as everyone else,
but they recover much faster!

[anarch]

29. I sort of wish there was an extra dark shade of blue

for "less than 10%", just for DC. I bet if you polled just the residents of DC, it really would be something like 5-9% approval...if that, even.

[Richard Steele]

33. LOL! DC would be a shade of blue previously unknown to mankind!

[Radical Activist]

30. Blue America. Looks like a landslide to me!

[TheModernTerrorist]

34. no suprise

even Repukes think bush is shit. What I wanna know is how many of these pukes will vote for an equally-offensive shitbag in the next elections...

[FogerRox]

35. That is a GOD DAMN good looking map-- KNR

[maxsolomon]

37. I'd love to see it by county

then i'd know where to put my vacation dollars.

[malaise]

38. I'll have a Blue Christmas

without Bush:rofl: :rofl:

[mom cat]

39. I just love living in the deep dark blue.

[ourbluenation]

40. Hey! It's ourbluenation! eom

[eppur_se_muova]

41. K&R! My new desktop! I LOVE seeing OH blue. nt

[Richard Steele]

42. Glad you like it, but don't get too attached...

...because I have a feeling the next set of poll numbers
are gonna be even BLUER, and then your wallpaper will
need an upgrade!

[eppur_se_muova]

45. I will happily expend the necessary labor. nt

[rocktivity]

43. Check out these tables at SurveyUSA, too

This one shows that Bush's disapproval rating exceeds his approval rating in only SEVEN states! And this one shows that his rating is 51% or higher in only THREE states!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Richard Steele]

44. That's still 7 states too many! We can do better!

[Jade Fox]

46. Wow, what's up with Arkansas?

They're as blue as California!

[Richard Steele]

47. My guess is, some leftover pride in Clinton...

...partially immunized them against the koolaid.

[Richard Steele]

48. One last kick for Sat afternoon, and a big THANKS to all who enjoyed it..

And then stick a fork in this one, it's done.

[leeroysphitz]

49. Now if we could only get a CONGRESSIONAL map to look

like this for the 2006 elections I'd be impressed and happy...