Governor Rick Snyder's approval continues to flag among Michigan residents. This according to survey results released today from Michigan State University.
Michigan State University’s ‘State of the State’ poll shows only about one in five residents give the governor an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ rating. Snyder’s approval rating was about double that when he took office.
Mlive.com reports:
The Fall 2011 State of the State survey conducted by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University found that only 19.3 percent of Michigan residents surveyed rated the governor's performance as excellent or good, continuing a decline in popularity from 44.5 percent just after his election to 31.5 percent in the Spring, 2011 survey.
Charles Ballard is the director of the State of the State survey. He said Snyder’s support among his Republican base is eroding.
“The percentage of the Republicans who gave either an ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ to Governor Snyder was cut in half. From the mid-60’s to the low 30’s…that’s a really big drop,” said Ballard.
Ballard said part of the reason for the decline may be tied to the bitter fight over building a new international bridge in Detroit.
"Many of those ads specifically said not very nice things about Governor Snyder himself," explained Ballard. "That's very unusual because usually you don’t expect ‘attack ads’ until you are fully within a reelection campaign."
The survey also shows that Michiganders are not pleased with the president or Congress.
A press release from MSU says:
President Obama’s positive reviews dropped as well. The president’s “excellent” or “good” grades fell from 44.5 percent this past spring to 40.5 percent in the latest phone interviews with 807 Michigan residents from Sept. 15 to Nov. 8. The survey carried a margin of error of 3.45 percent. The U.S. Congress, too, suffered from low marks among survey respondents. “Congress received very poor ratings,” [Survey Director Charles] Ballard said. Less than 1 percent of the survey’s respondents awarded Congress an “excellent” or “good” mark. A striking 57.4 percent gave Congress “poor” grades.
