Susana Martinez is a Republican, and a Texan. As governor of New Mexico, she seems to be doing a very good job on jobs. A new poll by Public Opinion Strategies has her at 65% approval a year into her term. New Mexico’s unemployment is down two full points this year. According to the NM GOP’s press release:
Susana Martinez boasts strong, cross-party approval numbers for her performance as Governor.
Nearing the end of her first year in office, Governor Martinez has a 65% approval/29% disapproval rating for her job handling.The Governor’s approval rating has actually improved over the course of the year, from 59% approval in March to 64% approval in August to 65% in the current survey.
- Among Republicans, Martinez holds a 90% approve/7% disapprove rating; among Independents, 62% approve and 29% disapprove, and; among Democrats, Martinez is at 49% approve/44% disapprove. Among soft Democrats, her approval rating is 74% approve/17% disapprove.
- Sixty-two percent (62%) of Hispanics and 68% of white voters approve of the job performance of the Governor.
Methodology
Public Opinion Strategies conducted a telephone survey of 500 registered voters in the State of New Mexico on December 12-13, 2011. The survey has a margin of error of +4.38%. Survey respondents were 34% Republican, 51% Democrat and 15% Independent, which reflects the composition of the electorate in the 2008 general election and mirrors the current voter registration gap between Republicans and Democrats in the state (17%).
It’s amazing (and not really surprising at all that) when a politician makes sound promises and then delivers on them, their approval rating goes up. When they keep government out of the way of creating jobs, their approval rating goes up. Congratulations to Gov. Martinez.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a “jobs governor” running for president?
Wait — don’t we?
Don’t we have a governor in the race who has a pretty good record on the one thing that tends to determine election outcomes more than ideology, debate performances, “electability,” and other issues that have tended to dominate this year?
I think we do.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a “jobs governor” running for president?”
Should we also mention he’s from Texas too?
There are lots of “jobs governors” that would make good presidents. Governors of states with below average unemployment rates such as Haley, Dalrymple, Heineman, etc.
As one, the media will begin to tear her down.
That jobs governor is not one that will deliver in the White House where he will be expected to convince a majority of legislators to do the right thing. In Texas, almost everyone in office is on the same side. it is not hard at all to get things done.
When you look at the things that he is willing to stand and fight for, they end up actually being the progressive policies and not the conservative ones that make a fair playing field for real national market expansion.
Didn’t another Governor do pretty good creating jobs despite being burdened with a Demoncrat legislature?
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– about 2016.
Yes, we do have another Governor who has a good record on jobs, Jon Huntsman. So, go ahead and vote for him, Preston.
Oh, wait. You meant Perry. Well, I ain’t voting for him, either, because he is the least educated and truly the dullest knife in that drawer. The dullest knife… by a lot.
It’s not just about jobs. It’s about a whole bunch of things, isn’t it?
Stupid is as stupid does…and Perry has a better record as a governor than Mitt Romney. And he didn’t work for the Odumber White House or pander to the left on global warming like Jon Huntsman.
But I guess that doesn’t matter, because (horror of horrors!!!) he didn’t get an Ivy League ejumukashun like Bush or the well-educated genius in the WH right now. No, Perry went to a state school. We can’t have that, can we? How embarrassing.