17 states elected Republican governors on our last go-round in 2010 and 8 elected Democrats. How has that worked out for them?
Kansas – 6.9% to 6.1% = a decline of 0.8%
Maine – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6%
Michigan – 10.9% to 8.5% = a decline of 2.4%
New Mexico – 7.7% to 6.7% = a decline of 1.0%
Oklahoma – 6.2% to 4.8% = a decline of 1.4%
Pennsylvania – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6%
Tennessee – 9.5% to 7.9% = a decline of 1.6%
Wisconsin – 7.7% to 6.8% = a decline of 0.9%
Wyoming – 6.3% to 5.2% = a decline of 1.1%
Alabama – 9.3% to 7.4% = a decline of 1.9%
Georgia – 10.1% to 8.9% = a decline of 1.2%
South Carolina – 10.6% to 9.1% = a decline of 1.5%
South Dakota – 5.0% to 4.3% = a decline of 0.7%
Florida – 10.9% to 8.6% = a decline of 2.3%
Nevada – 13.8% to 11.6% = a decline of 2.2%
Iowa – 6.1% to 5.1% = a decline of 1.0%
Ohio – 9.0% to 7.3% = a decline of 1.7%
For an average drop of 1.35% vs. the national drop of .9%
Now how about those states that decided to drink the hair of the dog?
Colorado – 8.8% to 8.1% = a decline of 0.7%
New York – 8.2% to 8.6% = an increase of 0.4%
Oregon – 9.9% to 8.4% = a decline of 1.5%
California – 12.1% to 10.8% = a decline of 1.3%
Connecticut – 9.3% to 7.8% = a decline of 1.5%
Hawaii – 6.7% to 6.3% = a decline of 0.4%
Minnesota – 6.8% to 5.6% = a decline of 1.2%
Vermont – 6.0% to 4.6% = a decline of 1.4%
Giving these states a drop in their unemployment of .95%.
.90% for the .Feds, .95% for the new Democrat governors and a 1.35% drop in unemployment for the new Republican governors.
What say we try that at the national level.
