CODEBOOK

U.S. Official Job Approval Ratings by State

[06/15-00 UNC-CH, Univ. Rochester, George Washington Univ.]

Updated 6/16/04

STATE-LEVEL JOB PERFORMANCE RATINGS OF GOVERNORS, SENATORS, PRESIDENTS

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION CELL CODES LISTING

OFFICE Office held A 1 = president

2 = governor

3 = US senator

STATE State B nn [A-States]

OH Officeholder C Officeholder's ID

[B-Presidents]

[B-Governors]

[B-US Senators]

NAME Officeholder D Actual name

PARTY Party of OH E 1 = Democrat

2 = Republican

3 = Independent

4 = Democrat/Farmer/Labor ( MN)

5 = Other [See B listings]

ELECYR Year of most F 19nn/20nn

recent election

ELECTP Election type G 1 = first election

2 = reelection

3 = former officeholder reelected

4 = succeeded to office on the resignation, death or removal of predecessor

QUESTION Question type H 01-99 [C-Question]

POS PCT %Positive I nn

NEG PCT %Negative J nn

RATING SC Rating scale K nn [D-Rating Scales]

POLLSTER Pollster L nnnn [E-Pollster]

DAYIN Day into Field M dd

MONTHIN Month into Field N mm

YEARIN Year into Field O yy

DATEIN Date into Field P dd/mm/yy

DAYOUT Day out of Field Q dd

MONTHOUT Month out of Field R mm

YEAROUT Year out of Field S yy

DATEOUT Date out of field T dd/mm/yy

SAMPLE Size of sample U nnnn

TYPE Type of sample V 1 = likely voters

2 = registered voters

3 = adults

4 = voters

5 = business executives

6 = Democrats

7 = Republicans

8 = Primary voters/caucus goers

9 = not known

10 = high propensity voters

11 = probable voters

SOURCE Source of poll W nn [F-Source]

SOURCED Date of source X dd/mm/yy

Listings:

A. STATE

[01] AL Alabama

[02] AK Alaska

[03] AZ Arizona

[04] AR Arkansas

[05] CA California

[06] CO Colorado

[07] CT Connecticut

[08] DE Delaware

[09] FL Florida

[10] GA Georgia

[11] HI Hawaii

[12] ID Idaho

[13] IL Illinois

[14] IN Indiana

[15] IA Iowa

[16] KS Kansas

[17] KY Kentucky

[18] LA Louisiana

[19] ME Maine

[20] MD Maryland

[21] MA Massachusetts

[22] MI Michigan

[23] MN Minnesota

[24] MS Mississippi

[25] MO Missouri

[26] MT Montana

[27] NE Nebraska

[28] NV Nevada

[29] NH New Hampshire

[30] NJ New Jersey

[31] NM New Mexico

[32] NY New York

[33] NC North Carolina

[34] ND North Dakota

[35] OH Ohio

[36] OK Oklahoma

[37] OR Oregon

[38] PA Pennsylvania

[39] RI Rhode Island

[40] SC South Carolina

[41] SD South Dakota

[42] TN Tennessee

[43] TX Texas

[44] UT Utah

[45] VT Vermont

[46] VA Virginia

[47] WA Washington

[48] WV West Virginia

[49] WI Wisconsin

[50] WY Wyoming

B-G: GOVERNORS OF THE 50 STATES, 1947-2004

[01] ALABAMA

01 James E. Folsom, D 1/20/47--1/15/51

1/17/55--1/19/59

02 Gordon Persons, D 1/15/51--1/17/55

03 John M. Patterson, D 1/19/59--1/14/63

04 George C. Wallace, D 1/14/63--1/16/67

1/18/71--1/15/79

1/17/83--1/19/87

05 Lurleen B. Wallace, D 1/16/67--5/7/68

06 Albert P. Brewer, D 5/7/68--1/18/71

07 Forest "Fob" James, D 1/15/79--1/17/83

, R 1/16/95--1/ /99

08 Guy Hunt, R 1/19/87--4/22/93

09 James E. Folsom, Jr., D 4/22/98--1/16/95

10 Don Siegelman, D 1/ /99--1/21/03

11 Bob Riley, R 1/21/03--

[02] ALASKA

01 William A. Egan, D 1/15/59--12/5/66

12/5/70--12/2/74

02 Walter J. Hickel, R 12/5/66--1/29/69

I 12/3/90--12/5/94

03 Keith H. Miller, R 1/29/69--12/5/70

04 Jay S. Hammond, R 12/2/74--12/6/82

05 Bill Sheffield, D 12/6/82--12/1/86

06 Steve Cowper, D 12/1/86--12/3/90

07 Tony Knowles, D 12/5/94--12/2/02

08 Frank Murkowski, R 12/2/02--

[03] ARIZONA

01 Dan Garvey, D 5/25/48--1/1/51

02 J. Howard Pyle, R 1/1/51--1/3/55

03 Ernest McFarland, D 1/3/55--1/5/59

04 Paul Fannin, R 1/5/59--1/4/65

05 Samuel Goddard, D 1/4/65--1/2/67

06 John Williams, R 1/2/67--1/6/75

07 Raul Castro, D 1/6/75--10/20/77

08 Wesley Bolin, D 10/20/77--3/4/78

09 Bruce Babbitt, D 3/4/78--1/5/87

10 Evan Mecham, R 1/5/87--4/4/88

11 Rose Mofford, D 4/5/88--3/6/91

12 Fife Symington, R 3/6/91--9/5/97

13 Jane Dee Hull, R 9/5/97--1/6/03

14 Janet Napolitano, D 1/6/03--

[04] ARKANSAS

01 Sidney McMath, D 1/11/49--1/13/53

02 Francis Cherry, D 1/13/53--1/11/55

03 Orval Faubus, D 1/11/55--1/10/67

04 Winthrop Rockefeller, R 1/10/67--1/12/71

05 Dale Bumpers, D 1/12/71--1/3/75

06 Bob Riley, D 1/3/75--1/14/75

07 David Pryor, D 1/14/75--1/3/79

08 Joe Purcell, D 1/3/79--1/9/79

09 Bill Clinton, D 1/9/79--1/19/81

1/11/83--12/12/92

10 Frank White, R 1/19/81--1/11/83

11 Jim Guy Tucker, D 12/12/92--7/15/96

12 Mike Huckabee, R 7/15/96--

[05] CALIFORNIA

01 Earl Warren, R 1/4/43--10/5/53

02 Goodwin Knight, R 10/5/53--1/5/59

03 Edmund G. Brown, D 1/5/59--1/2/67

04 Ronald Reagan, R 1/2/67--1/6/75

05 Edmund G. Brown, Jr., D 1/6/75--1/3/83

06 George Deukmejian, R 1/3/83--1/7/91

07 Pete Wilson, R 1/7/91--1/4/99

08 Gray Davis, D 1/4/99— 11/17/03

09 Arnold Schwartzenegger, recall, R 11/17/03 -

[06] COLORADO

01 William Knous, D 1/14/47--4/15/50

02 Walter Johnson, D 4/15/50--1/9/51

03 Dan Thornton, R 1/9/51--1/11/55

04 Edwin Johnson, D 1/10/33--1/3/37

1/11/55--1/8/57

05 Stephen McNichols, D 1/8/57--1/8/63

06 John Love, R 1/8/63--7/16/73

07 John Vanderhoof, R 7/16/73--1/14/75

08 Richard Lamm, D 1/14/75--1/13/87

09 Roy Romer, D 1/13/87--1/12/99

10 Bill Owens, R 1/12/99--

[07] CONNECTICUT

01 Chester Bowles, D 1/5/49--1/3/51

02 John Lodge, R 1/3/51--1/5/55

03 Abraham Ribicoff, D 1/5/55--1/21/61

04 John Dempsey, D 1/12/61--1/6/71

05 Thomas Meskill, R 1/6/71--1/8/75

06 Ella Grasso, D 1/8/75--12/31/80

07 William O'Neill, D 12/31/80--1/9/91

08 Lowell Weicker, Jr., I 1/9/91--1/4/95

09 John Rowland, R 1/4/95--

[08] DELAWARE

01 Elbert N. Carvel, D 1/18/49--1/20/53

1/17/61--1/19/65

02 J. Caleb Boggs, R 1/20/53--12/30/60

03 David P. Buckson, R 12./30/60--/1/17/61

04 Charles L. Terry, Jr., D 1/19/65--1/21/69

05 Russell W. Peterson, R 1/12/69--1/16/73

06 Sherman W. Tribbitt, D 1/16/73--1/18/77

07 Pierre "Pete" DuPont, R 1/18/77--1/15/85

08 Michael Castle, R 1/15/85--12/31/92

09 Dale Wolf, R 1/1/93--1/19/93

10 Tom Carper, D 1/19/93--1/3/01

11 Ruth Ann Minner, D 1/3/01--

[09] FLORIDA

01 Millard Caldwell, D 1/2/45--1/4/49

02 Fuller Warren, D 1/4/49--1/6/53

03 Daniel T. McCarty, D 1/6/53--9/28/53

04 Charley E. Johns, D 9/18/53--1/4/55

05 LeRoy Colllins, D 1/4/55--1/3/61

06 Farris Bryant, D 1/3/61--1/5/65

07 Haydon Burns, D 1/5/65--1/3/67

08 Claude Kirk, Jr., R 1/3/67--1/5/71

09 Reuben Askew, D 1/5/71--1/2/79

10 Robert Graham, D 1/2/79--1/3/87

11 John Mixon, D 1/3/87--1/6/87

12 Bob Martinez, R 1/6/87--1/8/91

13 Lawton Chiles, D 1/8/91--1/ /99

14 Jeb Bush, R 1/ /99--

[10] GEORGIA

01 Ellis Arnall, D 1/12/43--1/14/47

02 H. Eugene Talmadge, Jr., D 1/14/47--3/18/47[i]

11/17/48--1/11/55

03 Melvin Thompson, D 3/18/47-11/17/48

04 Marvin Griffin, D 1/11/55--1/13/59

05 S. Ernest Vandiver, D 1/13/59--1/15/63

06 Carl Sanders, D 1/15/63--1/10/67

07 Lester Maddox, D 1/10/67--1/12/71

08 Jimmy Carter, D 1/12/71--1/14/75

09 George Busbee, D 1/14/75--1/11/83

10 Joe Frank Harris, D 1/11/83--1/14/91

11 Zell Miller, D 1/14/91--1/ /99

12 Roy Barnes, D 1/ /99-- 1/13/03

13 Sonny Perdue, R 1/13/03--

[11] HAWAII

01 William F. Quinn, R 8/21/59--12/3/62

02 John D. Burns, D 12/3/62--12/2/74

03 George Ariyoshi, D 12/2/74--12/1/86

04 John Waihee, D 12/1/86--12/5/94

05 Ben Cayetano, D 12/5/94--12/2/02

06 Linda Lingle, R 12/2/02--

[12] IDAHO

01 Arnold Williams, D 11/17/45--1/6/47

02 Charles A. Robins, R 1/6/47--1/1/51

03 Len B. Jordan, R 1/1/51--1/3/55

04 Robert E. Smiley, R 1/3/55--1/2/67

05 Don Samuelson, R 1/2/67--1/4/71

06 Cecil V. Andrus, D 1/4/71--1/24/77

1/5/87--1/2/95

07 John V. Evans, D 1/24/77--1/5/87

08 Philip E. Batt, R 1/2/95--1/8/99

09 Dirk Kempthorne, R 1/8/99--

[13] ILLINOIS

01 Dwight H. Green, R 1/13/41--1/10/49

02 Adlai E. Stevenson, D 1/10/49--1/12/53

03 William G. Stratton, R 1/12/53--1/9/61

04 Otto Kerner, D 1/9/61--5/22/68

05 Samuel H. Shapiro, D 5/22/68--1/13/69

06 Richard B. Ogilvie, R 1/13/69--1/8/73

07 Daniel Walker, D 1/8/73--1/10/77

08 James R. Thompson, R 1/10/77--1/14/91

09 Jim Edgar, R 1/14/91-1/ /99

10 George Ryan, R 1/ /99--1/13/03

11 Rod Blagojevich, D 1/13/03--

[14] INDIANA

01 Ralph F. Gates, R 1/8/45--1/10/49

02 Henry F. Stricker, D 1/10/49--1/12/53

03 George N. Craig, R 1/12/53--1/14/57

04 Harold W. Handley, R 1/14/57--1/9/61

05 Matthew E. Welsh, D 1/9/61--1/11/65

06 Roger D. Branigan, D 1/11/65--1/13/69

07 Edgar D. Whitcomb, R 1/13/69--1/8/73

08 Otis R. Bowen, R 1/8/73--1/12/81

09 Robert R. Orr, R 1/12/81--1/9/89

10 Evan Bayh, D 1/9/89--1/13/97

11 Frank L. O'Bannon, D 1/13/97—9/13/03

12 Joseph Kernan, D death/succession 9/13/03 --

[15] IOWA

01 Robert D. Blue, R 1/11/45--1/13/49

02 William S. Beardsley, R 1/13/49--11/21/54

03 Leo Elthon, R 11/22/54--1/13/55

04 Leo A. Hoegh, R 1/13/55--1/17/57

05 Hershel C. Loveless, D 1/17/57--1/12/61

06 Norman A. Erbe, R 1/12/61--1/17/63

07 Harold E. Hughes, D 1/17/63--1/1/69

08 Robert D. Fulton, D 1/1/69--1/16/69

09 Robert D. Ray, R 1/16/69--1/14/83

10 Terry E. Branstad, R 1/14/83--1/15/99

11 Tom Vilsack, D 1/15/99--

[16] KANSAS

01 Andrew Schoeppel, R 1/11/43--1/13/47

02 Frank Carlson, R 1/13/47--11/28/50

03 Frank Hagaman, R 11/28/50--1/8/51

04 Edward F. Arn, R 1/8/51--1/10/55

05 Frederick L. Hall, R 1/10/55--1/3/57

06 John McCuish, R 1/3/57--1/14/57

07 George Docking, D 1/14/57--1/9/61

08 John Anderson, Jr., R 1/9/61--1/11/65

09 William H. Avery, R 1/11/65--1/9/67

10 Robert B. Docking, D 1/9/67--1/13/75

11 Robert F. Bennett, R 1/13/75--1/8/79

12 John Carlin, D 1/8/79--1/12/87

13 Mike Hayden, R 1/12/87--1/14/91

14 Joan Finney, D 1/14/91--1/9/95

15 Bill Graves, R 1/9/95--1/13/03

16 Kathleen Sebelius, D 1/13/03--

[17] KENTUCKY

01 Simeon S. Willis, R 12/7/43--12/9/47

02 Earle C. Clements, D 12/9/47--11/27/50

03 Lawrence Wetherby, D 11/27/50--12/13/55

04 Albert B. 'Happy' Chandler, D 12/10/35--10/9/39

12/13/55--12/9/59

05 Bert T. Combs, D 12/9/59--12/10/63

06 Edward T. Breathitt, D 12/10/63--12/12/67

07 Louie B. Nunn, R 12/12/67--12/7/71

08 Wendell H. Ford, D 12/7/71--12/28/74

09 Julian Carroll, D 12/28/74--12/11/79

10 John Y. Brown, Jr. D 12/11/79--12/13/83

11 Martha Layne Collins, D 12/13/83--12/8/87

12 Wallace Wilkinson, D 12/8/87--12/10/91

13 Brereton Jones, D 12/10/91--12/12/95

14 Paul Patton, D 12/12/95— 12/8/03

15 Ernie Fletcher, election, R 12/8/03

[18] LOUISIANA

01 James H. Davis, D 5/9/44--5/11/48

5/10/60--5/12/64

02 Earl K. Long, D 6/26/39--5/14/40

5/11/48--5/13/52

5/8/56--5/10/60

03 Robert F. Kenon, D 5/13/52--5/8/56

04 John J. McKeithen, D 5/12/64--5/9/72

05 Edwin W. Edwards, D 5/9/72--3/10/80

3/12/84--3/14/88

1/8/92--1/8/96

06 David Treen, R 5/14/80--3/12/84

07 Charles Roemer, D, R 3/14/88--1/8/92

08 Mike Foster, R 1/8/96—1/12/04

09 Kathleen Blanco, election, D 1/12/04 --

[19] MAINE

01 Horace Hildreth, R 1/3/45--1/5/49

02 Frederick G. Payne, R 1/5/49--12/25/52

03 Burton M. Cross, R 12/26/52--1/5/55

04 Edmund S. Muskie, D 1/5/55--1/3/59

05 Robert N. Haskell, R 1/3/59--1/8/59

06 Clinton A. Caluson, D 1/8/59--12/30/59

07 John H. Reed, R 12/30/59--1/5/67

08 Kenneth M. Curtis, D 1/5/67--1/1/75

09 James B. Longley, I 1/2/75--1/3/79

10 Joseph E. Brennan, D 1/3/79--1/7/87

11 John R. McKernan, Jr., R 1/7/87--1/95

12 Angus King, Jr., I 1/ /95-- 1/8/03

13 James Baldacci, D 1/8/03--

[20] MARYLAND

01 Herbert R. O'Conor, D 1/11/39--1/3/47

02 William P. Lane, Jr., D 1/3/47--1/10/51

03 Theodore McKeldin, R 1/10/51--1/14/59

04 J. Millard Tawes, D 1/14/59--1/25/67

05 Spiro T. Agnew, R 1/25-67--1/7/69

06 Marvin Mandell, D 1/7/69--1/15/79

07 Blair Lee, D 10/7/77--1/15/79

08 Harry Hughes, D 1/17/79--1/20/87

09 William D. Schaefer, D 1/21/87--1/18/95

10 Parris N. Glendenning, D 1/18/95--1/15/03

11 Bob Ehrlich, R 1/15/03--

[21] MASSACHUSETTS

01 Maurice J. Tobin, D 1/3/45--1/2/47

02 Robert F. Bradford, R 1/2/47--1/6/49

03 Paul A. Dever, D 1/6/49--1/8/53

04 Christian A. Herter, R 1/8/53--1/3/57

05 Foster J. Furcolo, D 1/3/57--1/5/61

06 John A. Volpe, R 1/5/61--1/3/63

1/7/65--1/22/69

07 Endicott Peabody, D 1/3/63--1/7/65

08 Francis W. Sargent, R 1/22/69--1/2/75

09 Michael S. Dukakis, D 1/2/75--1/4/79

1/6/83--1/3/91

10 Edward J. King, D 1/4/79--1/6/83

11 William F. Weld, R 1/3/91-7/29/97

12 A. Paul Cellucci, R 7/29/97--4/ /01

13 Jane Swift, R 4/ /01--1/2/03

14 Mitt Romney, R 1/2/03--

[22] MICHIGAN

01 Harry F. Kelly, R 1/1/43--1/1/47

02 Kim Sigler, R 1/1/47--1/1/49

03 G. Mennen Williams, R 1/1/49--1/1/61

04 John B. Swainson, D 1/1/61--1/1/63

05 George W. Romney, R 1/1/63--1/22/69

06 William G. Milliken, R 1/22/69--1/1/83

07 James J. Blanchard, D 1/1/83--1/1/91

08 John Engler, R 1/1/91--1/1/03

09 Jennifer Granholm, D 1/1/03--

[23] MINNESOTA

01 Luther Youngdahl, R 1/8/47--9/27/51

02 C. Elmer Anderson, R 9/2751--1/5/55

03 Orville Freeman, DFL 1/5/55--1/2/61

04 Elmer L. Andersen, R 1/2/61--3/25/63

05 Karl Rolvaag, DFL 3/25/63--1/2/67

06 Harold LeVander, R 1/2/67--1/4/71

07 Wendell Anderson, DFL 1/4/71--12/29/76

08 Rudy Perpich, DFL 12/29/76--1/1/79

1/3/83--1/7/91

09 Al Quie, I-R 1/1/79--1/3/83

10 Arne Carlson, R 1/7/91--1/99

11 Jesse Ventura, REF 1/ /99--1/6/03

12 Tim Pawlenty, R 1/6/03--

[24] MISSISSIPPPI

01 Fielding L. Wright, D 11/2/46--1/22/52

02 Hugh L. White, D 1/21/36--1/16/40

1/22/52--1/17/56

03 J.P. Coleman, D 1/17/56--1/19/60

04 Ross D. Barnett, D 1/19/60--1/21/64

05 Paul B. Johnson, Jr., D 1/16/40--12/26/43

1/21/64--1/16/68

06 John Bell Williams, D 1/16/68--1/18/72

07 William L. Waller, D 1/18/72--1/20/76

08 Cliff Finch, D 1/20/76--1/22/80

09 William Winter, D 1/22/80--1/10/84

10 Bill Allain, D 1/10/84--1/12/88

11 Ray Mabus, D 1/12/88--1/14/92

12 Kirk Fordice, R 1/14/92--1/4/00

13 Ronnie Musgrove, D 1/4/00—1/13/04

14 Haley Barbour, election, R 1/13/04--

[25] MISSOURI

01 Phil M. Donnelly, D 12/8/45--1/10/49

1/12/53-1/14/57

02 Forrest Smith, D 1/10/49--1/12/53

03 James T. Blair, Jr., D 1/14/57--1/9/61

04 John M. Dalton, D 1/9/61--1/11/65

05 Warren E. Hearnes, D 1/11/65--1/8/73

06 Christopher S. Bond, R 1/8/73--1/10/77

1/12/81--1/14/85

07 Joseph P. Teasdale, D 1/10/77--1/12/81

08 John Ashcroft, R 1/14/85--1/11/93

09 Mel Carnahan, D 1/11/93--10/16/00

10 Roger Wilson, D 10/16/00-1/8/01

11 Bob Holden, D 1/8/01--

[26] MONTANA

01 Samuel C. Ford, R 1/6/41--1/3/49

02 John W. Bonner, D 1/3/49--1/4/53

03 J. Hugo Aronson, R 1/4/53--1/4/61

04 Donald G. Nutter, R 1/4/61--1/25/62

05 Tim M. Babcock, R 1/26/62--1/6/69

06 Forrest H. Anderson, D 1/6/69--1/1/73

07 Thomas L. Judge, D 1/1/73--1/5/81

08 Ted Schwinden, D 1/5/81--1/2/89

09 Stan Stephens, R 1/2/89--1/4/93

10 Marc Racicot, R 1/4/93--1/2/01

11 Judy Martz, R 1/2/01--

[27] NEBRASKA

01 Dwight P. Griswold, R 1/9/41--1/9/47

02 Val Peterson, R 1/9/47--1/8/53

03 Robert B. Crosby, R 1/8/53--1/6/55

04 Victor E. Anderson, R 1/6/55--1/8/59

05 Ralph G. Brooks, D 1/8/59--9/9/60

06 Dwight W. Burney, R 9/9/60--1/5/61

07 Frank B. Morrison, D 1/5/61--1/5/67

08 Norbert T. Tiemann, R 1/5/67--1/7/71

09 J. James Exon, D 1/7/71--1/3/79

10 Charles Thone, R 1/4/79--1/6/83

11 Bob Kerrey, D