State Favorability Ratings

Below are the results of Public Policy Polling’s poll of states’ 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 we boot 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

I think it’s interesting that New York and Texas are two of the most liked and disliked states.

Posted by on February 22nd, 2012 at 12:35 pm


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