Do you approve of the way the governor of your state is doing the job?

Approval of the governor · Asked in 20 waves, 2006–2025 · 715,878 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Harmonized across years by the Cumulative CES Common Content (Kuriwaki); response options are collapsed where years differ. See docs/sources/ces.md.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

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Neither Approve nor Disapprove0%

Strongly Disapprove28%

Disapprove / Somewhat Disapprove17%

Approve / Somewhat Approve32%

Strongly Approve23%

Shares in 2025

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

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Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community State

Wave

Strongly ApproveApprove / Somewhat ApproveDisapprove / Somewhat DisapproveStrongly DisapproveNeither Approve nor Disapprove

Group		Strongly Approve	Approve / Somewhat Approve	Disapprove / Somewhat Disapprove

Answers as the source codes them

Strongly ApproveApprove / Somewhat ApproveDisapprove / Somewhat DisapproveStrongly DisapproveNeither Approve nor DisapproveNever Heard / Not Sure (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Cooperative Election Study 2025	2025-11-05 to 2025-12-12	web	17,000	16,954
Cooperative Election Study 2024	2024-10-01 to 2024-12-09	web	60,000	59,827
Cooperative Election Study 2023	2023-11-08 to 2023-12-11	web	24,500	24,440
Cooperative Election Study 2022	2022-09-29 to 2022-12-15	web	60,000	59,795
Cooperative Election Study 2021	2021-11-03 to 2021-12-07	web	25,700	25,602
Cooperative Election Study 2020	2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14	web	61,000	60,753
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2019	2019-11-06 to 2019-12-05	web	18,000	17,878
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2018	2018-09-27 to 2018-11-05	web	60,000	59,840
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2017	2017-11-08 to 2017-12-12	web	18,200	18,144
Cooperative Congressional Election Study 2016

All respondents	23%	32%	16%	29%	–	59827	±0.7
AK †	11%	42%	12%	35%	–	128	±15
AL	25%	31%	19%	24%	–	901	±6
AR	25%	31%	15%	29%	–	532	±7
AZ	18%	33%	16%	33%	–	1495	±5
CA	17%	33%	14%	37%	–	4900	±2
CO	24%	29%	14%	33%	–	1055	±5
CT	20%	42%	12%	26%	–	594	±6
DE	17%	52%	15%	15%	–	219	±9
FL	35%	20%	13%	33%	–	4402	±3
GA	27%	36%	18%	19%	–	2055	±4
HI	20%	41%	19%	20%	–	183	±10
IA	24%	27%	16%	33%	–	615	±8
ID	12%	50%	27%	10%	–	313	±11
IL	24%	28%	14%	34%	–	2320	±4
IN	15%	44%	21%	20%	–	1267	±5
KS	25%	30%	20%	26%	–	502	±7
KY	34%	25%	19%	22%	–	887	±5
LA	20%	32%	21%	27%	–	709	±6
MA	25%	40%	10%	25%	–	1119	±5
MD	26%	42%	18%	14%	–	1068	±5
ME	28%	29%	13%	31%	–	287	±7
MI	34%	19%	11%	37%	–	1950	±4
MN	32%	23%	6%	38%	–	1016	±5
MO	19%	38%	15%	28%	–	1323	±5
MS	18%	35%	16%	32%	–	503	±7
MT	22%	34%	13%	31%	–	231	±9
NC	29%	25%	19%	27%	–	1913	±4
ND	21%	47%	18%	14%	–	114	±11
NE	15%	34%	21%	29%	–	353	±9
NH	18%	37%	27%	18%	–	298	±7
NJ	21%	34%	15%	30%	–	1604	±4
NM	21%	29%	17%	34%	–	422	±8
NV	21%	43%	20%	16%	–	739	±7
NY	12%	33%	19%	36%	–	3453	±3
OH	11%	45%	28%	16%	–	2563	±3
OK	15%	32%	22%	31%	–	701	±6
OR	10%	37%	16%	38%	–	1008	±5
PA	32%	26%	19%	23%	–	3040	±3
RI	8%	35%	25%	32%	–	212	±8
SC	21%	35%	20%	24%	–	992	±6
SD	29%	25%	12%	34%	–	173	±9
TN	24%	40%	16%	19%	–	1371	±5
TX	25%	26%	13%	36%	–	4816	±2
UT	13%	43%	27%	17%	–	507	±7
VA	26%	28%	18%	27%	–	1611	±4
VT	24%	38%	30%	8%	–	124	±12
WA	19%	34%	11%	36%	–	1382	±4
WI	24%	28%	16%	32%	–	1334	±5
WV	20%	53%	14%	13%	–	428	±10
WY †	24%	43%	26%	7%	–	95	±14