The Most Bush Regrettingest States

[Bucky]

I'm comparing the results from the SurveyUSA poll on Bush's approval rating (38% approval) to the results of the 2004 election. This should give us the buyer's remorse index. The Most Bush-Regrettingest States are:

State - (2004 vote minus 2006 approval rate)
Kentucky - 20.6%
Arkansas - 20.3%
N.Jersey - 20.2%
Texas(!) - 20.1%
Indiana .- 19.9%

The states where buyer's remorse is weakest are:
State - (2004 vote minus 2006 approval rate)
Hawai'i .- 8.3%
Minnesota- 8.6%
Illinois - 9.5%
Wash'gton- 9.6%
Vermont .- 9.8%

Here's the full results:
Kentucky 20.6%
Arkansas 20.3%
NewJersey 20.2%
Texas 20.1%
Indiana 19.9%
NorthDakota 18.9%
Louisiana 18.7%
Idaho 18.4%
Kansas 18.0%
SouthDakota 17.9%
Michigan 17.8%
Tennessee 17.8%
Missouri 17.3%
WestVirginia 17.1%
Nebraska 16.9%
Wyoming 16.9%
Ohio 16.8%
Delaware 16.8%
Maine 16.6%
Oklahoma 16.6%
Utah 16.5%
SouthCarolina 16.0%
Colorado 15.7%
Florida 15.1%
Montana 15.1%
NorthCarolina 15.0%
Georgia 15.0%
Iowa 14.9%
Virginia 14.7%
Pennsylvania 14.4%
Alaska 14.1%
Maryland 13.9%
NewHampshire 13.9%
Nevada 13.5%
NewYork 13.1%
NewMexico 12.8%
Connecticut 12.0%
Alabama 11.5%
California 11.4%
Arizona 10.9%
Massachusetts 10.8%
RhodeIsland 10.7%
Mississippi 10.4%
Wisconsin 10.3%
Oregon 10.2%
Vermont 9.8%
Washington 9.6%
Illinois 9.5%
Minnesota 8.6%
Hawaii 8.3%

[Bucky]

1. other source citation

Results came from Dave Leip's Electoral Atlas - excellent site
http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/data.php?year=2004&datatype=national&def=1&f=0

on edit:
One more trivia. The most Bush-regretful states to have voted for Kerry are Delaware and Maine.

[Saturday]

2. Illinois is a blue state.....

we don't have any remorse at all. :) :)

[Bucky]

4. Well, Bush has no remorse, but 10% of your fellow Illinoisans do

2004 votes for Bush outstrip 2006 approval for Bush by 9.5%. But if it makes you feel better, Illinois is 7th out of 50 on the "Unsurprised Index" (which is what you get when you subtract Bush's disapproval rating from a state's Kerry votes. The 10 least surprised states are:

Hawaii - 4.0%
Minnesota-6.9%
Mississippi-7.3%
Wisconsin- 7.3%
Arizona - 7.6%
Vermont - 8.1%
Illinois - 8.2%
Washington- 8.2%
California- 8.7%
Massachusetts-9.1%

You can also call this the "I Told You So" Index.

[BillZBubb]

3. Not to quibble, but remorse isn' the right term here.

I think those states, given the same choice now as in 2004, would still vote for Busholini over Kerry. They may not be happy with Bush now, but Kerry would have allowed gays to marry, taken away their guns, taken the Bible out of bookstores, given more welfare to minorities, and given free abortions to everyone.

So, they have no remorse over their vote.

[Bucky]

6. I think you might be overgeneralizing. Those voters still approve of Bush

You're talking about the 38% of voters who either still approve of Bush's job performance or are on crack.

[Blaze Diem]

5. Holy Schwarma!! TEXAS..20% regrettable..

I LOVE THAT!!

My boss is so pro-bush I can't stand him anymore..
He has FOX news on all day, at his desk, and his laptop nest to him zeroing in on freeperland..
Its his business I work for so if it goes into the toilet its his own fault for not paying attention..
Bush ain't going to save him when his business goes belly-up.

I should change his always-on-line web site to DU or Can-o-Fun when he's at lunch..
It would be worth it to see his fat fundi head explode.

btw, I'm in Dallas!! HAAAAAAAAAA 20% regret Bush.