Map of USA - Bush Approval 9/19/2006

[sazemisery]

I prepared this map:


from this survey:
http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50StateBushApproval060919State.htm

Black = majority approval for Bush
White = majority disapproval for Bush
Gray = Tie

600 adults age 18+ in each of the 50 states were interviewed by SurveyUSA 9/14/06 to 9/17/06. You must credit SurveyUSA and the media sponsor if you broadcast, print, or cite these results in whole or part.

What a change from 2000

Can someone colorize it for me? (need to get something besides MS paint, huh?)

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. Love. It.

Good job.

[Bluebear]

2. First thought: "Those six...them's some dumb-ass states"

Great job.

[sazemisery]

3. I live in Oklahoma and I am now proud of it!

[Bucky]

9. Hay! I'm from Texas! and you are...

...unfortunately right. Lot of good progressives are falling for Kinky Friedman's line of bullshit.

[acmejack]

18. And bullshit it is, my friend!

[elehhhhna]

19. kinky's a clown. nader redux.

[im10ashus]

4. Good work!

K&R!

:kick:

[liberal N proud]

5. Pictures always speak louder than words

Great job

[KharmaTrain]

6. The Devil Is In The Details

A very nice job. But the real story is underneath those numbers...in states where the 50 state strategy is starting to take root.

The number of defections of Repugnican in Kansas continues, Tester & Schweizer are turning the big skies very blue as well as some surprising gains in places like Idaho and even Wyoming. Rome wasn't built in a day and these changes are just the start...I expect the Inter-Mountain region to be wide open in 2008 and could get bluer and bluer after that.

We're starting to see a re-alignment...not unlike the shift in the 60s that merged the South with the West...with the GOOP only having its strength in the South and "racist" west...like Utah. The combination of Democrats from the coasts moving into the region as well as growing Hispanic population mean good things to come if we do things right.

Again...very nice work. Hopefully you can get a copy of Paint Shop Pro...that'd do a nice job in coloring it for ya.

[laylah]

7. and the White House =) n/t

[KharmaTrain]

10. Urbanization Is Changing Things

Look for Nevada to turn very blue in 2008...now that a majority of the votes come from the Las Vegas area and the growth there has been a combination of "snowbirds" from the east and Hispanics. The same goes for Arizona as Phoenix and Tucson continue to expand...as is the case with the growing Denver/Boulder area. We'll see situations similar to what we do in Oregon and Washington where the Repugnicans are in the hinterlands and will nominate right wing nuts who will get trounced by the large urban votes in the general election.

[Bucky]

8. My MS Paint has no problem doing colors. Check your settings.

Actually MS Paint is crap for converting red to jpegs. But the rest of the spectrum is does an acceptably comprehensible, if unaesthetic, job.

[ClintonTyree]

11. Well, it's far better than this map........

How the mighty have fallen! ;)

[bread_and_roses]

13. ROFLMAO (n/t))

[Deja Q]

14. K&R

[dapper]

20. Indiana is succeeding the Union...

We want to join America again!

Dap

[greiner3]

24. We have proof, Ohio never did;

We was robbed!

[and-justice-for-all]

12. Kick Ass!! Now lets Impeach the bastards!

[OhioChick]

15. A sweet sight to see........ n/t

[Deja Q]

16. The saddest part is, is that they are failing this country.

And not even telling people why. Being told to 'have faith' isn't working so well anymore.

[City Lights]

17. The chimp sees everything in black and white,

so it's quite fitting as it is.

Nice job! :hi:

[radfringe]

21. colorized!

if you want the file itself - PM me with your e-mail addy and I'll send it off to you

[sazemisery]

22. My Hero!

[Jawja]

23. A full color map based on

the Red State/Blue State distinction, using shades in between to represent the percentage of approval is below. A better image is available at: http://home.comcast.net/~dramadawg/Bush_States.htm.