Taft's approval ratings sinks to 6.5%

Gov. Bob Taft's approval ratings have hit single digits.

A Zogby International survey, conducted a week after the Nov. 8 election and released yesterday, shows just 6.5 percent of Ohio voters view the embattled GOP governor very or somewhat favorably. Barely 3 percent rate his job performance as "good" or "excellent."

"I'm not aware of anyone who's ever sunk lower," pollster John Zogby said.

Mr. Bush, for his part, registered a 46 percent favorable rating in the poll.

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Have there ever been a politician with a lower approval?

what the hell he did to deserve that low of an approval. He must be worse than the hillside strangler for 6.5%

Zarqawi and Bin Laden were polled to have a 2% favorability rating.

However, he is less liked then Kim Jung Il who has a 12% favorability rating.

For not disclosing some gifts, including exotic golf trips, to the state--one of which was with a man currently under investigation for laundering state money he put toward Bush's campaign.

that Milosevic had a higher approval rating in Kosovo.

That article was actually pretty interesting, though. I could not believe the governor's response and response of the Ohio Republican Party, which are, "(I) don't govern by polls" and basically, well, it's not hurting the Party, why should he step down? It appears that at least one Ohio Dem has the stones to say that the Democrats getting a better message out is only part of the reason they are out of favor in that state, however--curiously, and encouragingly, the one who's running for gov next year--and that the "puzzle," in her words, of how to get Dem supporters to vote is the real issue facing Dems in that reddest of states. I'm happy that someone there recognizes the broken, fraud filled nature of the electoral system there, and has found a way to start to get that message out in ways that will actually be printed in a mainstream news source.

He has zero political capital. Hell, that's worse than being a lame duck. More like a dead duck.

What's the point of even being governor with a 6% approval rating? That's absurd.

in the republican party, and maintain the crooked election system. After all, it put bush back in the white house. THAT is valuable "political capital".

:kick:

Issue 1, the lets borrow a load of money and give it to the Corporations ballot initiative passed earlier this month. In the poll cited here from Zogby only 38% trust the Democrats to lead Ohio & there are still 37% Kool-Aid drinkers trusting the GOP to lead Ohio.

I have seen polls where Strickland would beat Blackwell by 5 to 6 points for Governor and Coingate should be a powerful argument for not electing Republicans in Ohio but the hard headedness of the GOP faithful here is amazing.

Gray Davis didn't have approval ratings even close to that.. and he was ousted.

Can Ohio residents petition for a recall? If so, what's taking them so long?

:shrug:

Edit........ NEVERMIND... I looked it up, looks like they're stuck with him! http://www.ohiobar.org/pub/lycu/index.asp?articleid=331

how exactly would that work?

between approval and disapproval. Other than that it is not statistically possible.

remember, we're talking Ohio here ...

suppose someone who disapproves of Taft gets to vote multiple times ... couldn't that create a situation where there were more disapprove votes than respondents??

well, maybe not ... it would be cool though ...