Everyone Hates Them
The Florida Republicans should just “go Galt” and leave people alone.
The Miami Herald reports that according to a recent Poll: Rick Scott among the least-liked governors in nation
“The data on the perceived fairness of the governor’s budget is crucial. When voters by almost 2-1 say his approach is unfair to them, that’s a giant flashing political warning sign for Scott,” Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a written statement. “When voters don’t think they are being treated fairly, they tend to react negatively.”
As far as Job Approval, 57% say he sucks, and 56% say the legislature sucks.
Only 24% approve of the new budget, while 53% think it sucks. Only 29% think they were treated fairly by the budget, while 53% think they were screwed.
As to the effects of the budget cuts on the economy, 23% think they will help, 31% think the cuts are irrelevant, and 38% think the economy is screwed.
The voters got what a majority of them asked for, so I can’t feel sorry for them. It was well known what Scott was, and people voted for him anyway, so they can stop complaining about the higher telephone and utility bills, the soaring cost of property insurance, and the unemployment above the national average – they voted for it.
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Amazing that he makes Jeb! look like a good governor, despite the fact that Jeb! mostly did, uhm, nothing, as far as I could tell. Of course, that might be most folks’ idea of what a good governor should do, so… (shrug).
– Badtux the Mildly Interested Penguin
Well, nothing is certainly preferable to eliminating most of the state’s regulations on businesses and privatizing everything in sight while cutting what few taxes businesses pay, and slashing education budgets at all levels.