How to get people back to work? Elect Republican governors

Seventeen states elected new Republican governors in 2010. Since then, here’s what’s happened to their unemployment rates:

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%

The average drop in unemployment in these 17 states was 1.35%. For purposes of comparison, in January 2011 the national unemployment rate stood at 9.1%. It is currently 8.2%, meaning that it has declined by 0.9% since then. In other words, the job market in states that elected new Republican governors in 2010 is improving 50% faster than the job market nationally.

This is my governor. No, you may not borrow him. Go elect your own.

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