States that voted in Republican Governors in November 2010, via Examiner:
Every single one of these 17 states has seen its unemployment rate decline since January 2011. Three of them have had unemployment drop by more than 2% (Michigan, Florida, and Nevada). The average drop in the unemployment rate in these states was 1.35%......
States that voted in Democratic Governors in November 2010, via Examiner:
The average drop in the unemployment rate in these states was 0.95%, approximately the same as the drop seen nationally. It's interesting to note than one of these states (New York) has actually experienced an increase in its unemployment rate since January 2011....
The 17 states that voted in Republican Governors are:
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%
Additionally, only 4 out of the 17 states that elected a Republican Governor in 2010, are still at or above the national unemployment rate. (Underlined above) = 23.5%
The 8 states that voted in Democratic Governors are:
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%
3 out of the 8 states that elected a Democratic Governor in 2010, are at or above the national unemployment rate. (Underlined above) = 37.5%
Data obtained from Bureau of Labor Statistics on the Local Area Unemployment Statistics page. (Right side)
The policies enacted by the new Republican Governors, on average, have produced better results than the policis enacted by new Democratic Governors, again, on average.
H/T Breitbart's Big Government
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