State Favorability Ratings
Below are the results of Public Policy Polling’s poll of state’s favorability ratings. They asked voters across the country what their impressions were of each state.
I thought the results were fascinating. A few months ago, I asked readers, if we had to, which state should be booted from the union. The results were somewhat similar.
| State | +/- | Margin |
| Hawaii | 54-10 | 44 |
| Colorado | 44-9 | 35 |
| Tennessee | 48-14 | 34 |
| South Dakota | 42-8 | 34 |
| Virginia | 45-13 | 32 |
| Montana | 39-7 | 32 |
| Alaska | 46-17 | 29 |
| Oregon | 43-14 | 29 |
| North Carolina | 40-11 | 29 |
| Pennsylvania | 40-11 | 29 |
| Washington | 43-17 | 26 |
| Kentucky | 42-16 | 26 |
| Iowa | 42-17 | 25 |
| Oklahoma | 40-16 | 24 |
| Vermont | 39-15 | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 40-17 | 23 |
| Wyoming | 34-11 | 23 |
| Florida | 43-21 | 22 |
| North Dakota | 33-11 | 22 |
| Missouri | 32-11 | 21 |
| New Hampshire | 37-18 | 19 |
| Indiana | 31-12 | 19 |
| Idaho | 30-11 | 19 |
| Nebraska | 29-11 | 18 |
| Arizona | 39-22 | 17 |
| Michigan | 38-21 | 17 |
| Maine | 32-15 | 17 |
| Ohio | 34-18 | 16 |
| Delaware | 32-16 | 16 |
| Maryland | 31-15 | 16 |
| South Carolina | 34-19 | 15 |
| New Mexico | 30-15 | 15 |
| Kansas | 28-13 | 15 |
| New York | 40-29 | 11 |
| Georgia | 31-20 | 11 |
| Minnesota | 27-17 | 10 |
| Rhode Island | 26-16 | 10 |
| Texas | 40-31 | 9 |
| Massachusetts | 35-27 | 8 |
| West Virginia | 23-15 | 8 |
| Arkansas | 25-20 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 26-22 | 4 |
| Nevada | 28-26 | 2 |
| Alabama | 27-26 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 24-24 | 0 |
| Utah | 24-27 | -3 |
| Mississippi | 22-28 | -6 |
| New Jersey | 25-32 | -7 |
| Illinois | 19-29 | -10 |
| California | 27-44 | -17 |
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