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liberalpragmatist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:06 PM
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Michigan DU'ers: Why is Jennifer Granholm's approval rating so low?
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
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:07 PM
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1. Likely the high unemployment

Michigan's in deep doo-doo due to the auto industry slump (and greater dependence on manufacturing).
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:09 PM
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2. because Engler let the financial state of Michigan in ruin
and she has had to raise taxes. People don't like it.
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indy_azcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:09 PM
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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.
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Mass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:11 PM
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4. my confidence in surveyusa is very limited \nt
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KlatooBNikto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:33 PM
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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.
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IdaBriggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 06:40 PM
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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. :)
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