Gov. Rick Snyder's job approval ratings continue to languish as Michigan's unemployment rate rises and discontent with politics in general grows.
According to the August survey by the Lansing firm EPIC-MRA, 62 percent disapproved of the job Snyder is performing as governor, the highest since taking office in January and up from 57 percent in July.
According to the survey of 600 voters Aug. 13-16 released today, 33 percent approved of the job he was doing. Both the positive and negative numbers in EPIC's poll have been fairly consistent dating to early May as his budget and tax overhaul was being approved in the Legislature. Since then, voters remain unconvinced it was the right thing to do.
When those plans were introduced in February, 32 percent approved of the job he was doing, but only 37 percent disapproved.
A greater percentage of those surveyed, however, like Snyder personally as 42 percent regarded him favorably. An equal percentage regarded him unfavorably. In January, his favorable to unfavorable spread was 59 percent to 8 percent.
About 69 percent of Democrats surveyed don't like Snyder and 19 percent do. Among Republicans it's the opposite - 69 percent like him, 14 percent don't. Self-described independents are evenly split.
EPIC pollster Bernie Porn said voters are skeptical that business tax cuts will improve the state's economy and don't care for either the 2012 cuts in state aid to education or the increased taxes on retirement income that take effect Jan. 1.
Unless there is swift and sure job creation that can justify those unpopular changes, Porn said Snyder's numbers are unlikely to climb. "He's captive to what's happening in the economy."
When asked about his poll numbers, Snyder says that personal meetings with residents suggests the public is more supportive than the surveys say.
Motor City Liberal Comment: Hey Motor Times, Republican Michigander and Blog Prof look on the bright side Rick Scott saved your guy from being the governor with lowest approval ratings among newly elected governor.
The Republican polled show how hypocritical these S.O.Bs are, these were the same people screaming about Graholm now support the things they accused Graholm of doing because the person whose driving the jobs out of the state has an R after his name.
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Plug "Obama" everywhere you see "Snyder" and what do you get?
President Obama in his first 24 months in office created more private sector jobs than George W.Bush. And if you go outside that special ed class you call a right wing echo chamber the job outlook has improved under President Obama.
As for Rick Snyder he's pushing already proven failed policies of giving rich folks and corporations tax breaks while balancing the state books on the backs of the middle class and working poor.
Show me a time where giving tax breaks to rich people has ever worked? By the end of the Bush administration the US were shedding jobs 700,000+ a month and rich people and corporations had their tax cuts.
I belong to no party, I am a citizen.
When you have your head in a chamber, you seem to think everyone Else's is as well.
Think about it.
"Obama is in a difficult position. He has to defend his $787 billion economic stimulus package at a time when there are few visible signs that it has had an effect. Unemployment is at 9.5 percent, even though the White House predicted in January that with the stimulus bill, it would rise to only about 8 percent." Jul 8 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106397685
Again you folks on the right have a weird idea of stimulating the economy by giving trust fund babies extra pool side money. Again Rick Snyder and the Michigan Republican Party plans have not resulted in business growth in the state.
What I find ironic about this coming from guys like you..You folks want to scream patience with Snyder and the Republican majority in Lasign, yetyou guys already deemed the Obama presidency a failure because he didn't clean up the eight year mess George W.Bush left him in a month into his term.
As for the stimulus it created or saved 2 million jobs that's why the Republicans hate it.
Mr.Citizen for a person who doesn't belong to a party, you certainly got the right wing Republican points down.
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