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| SORTED ALPHABETICALLY: APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 50 GOVERNORS AS OF 05/10/05 |
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| # | State | Governor | Party | Approve | Disapprove |
| 1 | Alabama | Robert Riley | R | 36% | 52% |
| 2 | Alaska | Frank Murkowski | R | 27% | 66% |
| 3 | Arizona | Janet Napolitano | D | 59% | 32% |
| 4 | Arkansas | Mike Huckabee | R | 51% | 41% |
| 5 | California | Arnold Schwarzenegger | R | 40% | 56% |
| 6 | Colorado | Bill Owens | R | 54% | 38% |
| 7 | Connecticut | Jodi Rell | R | 66% | 23% |
| 8 | Delaware | Ruth Ann Minner | D | 40% | 51% |
| 9 | Florida | Jeb Bush | R | 49% | 46% |
| 10 | Georgia | Sonny Perdue | R | 47% | 40% |
| 11 | Hawaii | Linda Lingle | R | 59% | 27% |
| 12 | Idaho | Dirk Kempthorne | R | 54% | 33% |
| 13 | Illinois | Rod Blagojevich | D | 36% | 54% |
| 14 | Indiana | Mitch Daniels | R | 42% | 49% |
| 15 | Iowa | Thomas Vilsack | D | 50% | 39% |
| 16 | Kansas | Kathleen Sebelius | D | 54% | 34% |
| 17 | Kentucky | Ernie Fletcher | R | 36% | 50% |
| 18 | Louisiana | Kathleen Blanco | D | 55% | 36% |
| 19 | Maine | John Baldacci | D | 37% | 55% |
| 20 | Maryland | Robert Ehrlich | R | 46% | 43% |
| 21 | Massachusetts | Mitt Romney | R | 41% | 51% |
| 22 | Michigan | Jennifer Granholm | D | 36% | 57% |
| 23 | Minnesota | Tim Pawlenty | R | 54% | 38% |
| 24 | Mississippi | Haley Barbour | R | 37% | 55% |
| 25 | Missouri | Matt Blunt | R | 33% | 57% |
| 26 | Montana | Brian Schweitzer | D | 58% | 27% |
| 27 | Nebraska | Dave Heineman | R | 54% | 20% |
| 28 | Nevada | Kenny Guinn | R | 54% | 34% |
| 29 | New Hampshire | John Lynch | D | 50% | 29% |
| 30 | New Jersey | Richard Codey | D | 41% | 40% |
| 31 | New Mexico | Bill Richardson | D | 54% | 39% |
| 32 | New York | George Pataki | R | 36% | 56% |
| 33 | North Carolina | Michael Easley | D | 52% | 34% |
| 34 | North Dakota | John Hoeven | R | 71% | 20% |
| 35 | Ohio | Bob Taft | R | 19% | 74% |
| 36 | Oklahoma | Brad Henry | D | 59% | 30% |
| 37 | Oregon | Ted Kulongoski | D | 36% | 48% |
| 38 | Pennsylvania | Edward Rendell | D | 48% | 43% |
| 39 | Rhode Island | Don Carcieri | R | 50% | 39% |
| 40 | South Carolina | Mark Sanford | R | 53% | 35% |
| 41 | South Dakota | Mike Rounds | R | 70% | 19% |
| 42 | Tennessee | Phil Bredesen | D | 52% | 40% |
| 43 | Texas | Rick Perry | R | 38% | 48% |
| 44 | Utah | Jon Huntsman | R | 64% | 21% |
| 45 | Vermont | Jim Douglas | R | 60% | 27% |
| 46 | Virginia | Mark Warner | D | 55% | 31% |
| 47 | Washington | Christine Gregoire | D | 34% | 58% |
| 48 | West Virginia | Joe Manchin | D | 64% | 24% |
| 49 | Wisconsin | Jim Doyle | D | 41% | 49% |
| 50 | Wyoming | Dave Freudenthal | D | 67% | 20% |
| Avg | 48% | 41% | |||
| SORTED FROM HIGHEST RATED TO LOWEST: APPROVAL RATINGS FOR ALL 50 GOVERNORS AS OF 05/10/05 | |||||
| # | State | Governor | Party | Approve | Disapprove |
| 1 | North Dakota | John Hoeven | R | 71% | 20% |
| 2 | South Dakota | Mike Rounds | R | 70% | 19% |
| 3 | Wyoming | Dave Freudenthal | D | 67% | 20% |
| 4 | Connecticut | Jodi Rell | R | 66% | 23% |
| 5 | Utah | Jon Huntsman | R | 64% | 21% |
| 6 | West Virginia | Joe Manchin | D | 64% | 24% |
| 7 | Vermont | Jim Douglas | R | 60% | 27% |
| 8 | Arizona | Janet Napolitano | D | 59% | 32% |
| 9 | Hawaii | Linda Lingle | R | 59% | 27% |
| 10 | Oklahoma | Brad Henry | D | 59% | 30% |
| 11 | Montana | Brian Schweitzer | D | 58% | 27% |
| 12 | Louisiana | Kathleen Blanco | D | 55% | 36% |
| 13 | Virginia | Mark Warner | D | 55% | 31% |
| 14 | Colorado | Bill Owens | R | 54% | 38% |
| 15 | Idaho | Dirk Kempthorne | R | 54% | 33% |
| 16 | Kansas | Kathleen Sebelius | D | 54% | 34% |
| 17 | Minnesota | Tim Pawlenty | R | 54% | 38% |
| 18 | Nebraska | Dave Heineman | R | 54% | |