Popular Votes for Governors of the United States

By: stev99
Published On: 8/30/2008 1:04:25 PM

After hearing that Sarah Palin was the most popular governor in the United States, I started looking at the data.  The following shows the number of votes received by winning the election in their state.  Remember Alaska is not even the least populated state.  Wyoming, Vermont, and North Dakota are less populated.

Rank Governor State Votes
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger California 4,850,157
2 David Paterson* New York 2,882,524
3 Charlie Crist Florida 2,519,845
4 Ed Rendell Pennsylvania 2,470,517
5 Ted Strickland Ohio 2,307,420
6 Jennifer Granholm Michigan 2,142,513
7 Mike Easley North Carolina 1,939,154
8 Rod R. Blagojevich Illinois 1,736,219
9 Rick Perry Texas 1,716,803
10 Matt Blunt Missouri 1,382,419
11 Christine Gregoire Washington 1,373,361
12 Mitch Daniels Indiana 1,302,912
13 Phil Bredesen Tennessee 1,241,606
14 Deval Patrick Massachusetts 1,234,984
15 Sonny Perdue Georgia 1,229,724
16 Jon Corzine New Jersey 1,224,551
17 Jim Doyle Wisconsin 1,139,115
18 Tim Pawlenty Minnesota 1,028,568
19 Tim Kaine Virginia 1,025,942
20 Janet Napolitano Arizona 959,830
21 Martin O'Malley Maryland 942,279
22 Bill Ritter Colorado 778,510
23 Bob Riley Alabama 717,287
24 M. Jodi Rell Conneticuit 709,849
25 Bobby Jindal Louisiana 699,672
26 Ted Kulongoski Oregon 698,562
27 Stev Beshear Kentucky 619,553
28 Brad Henry Oklahoma 616,033
29 Mark Sanford South Carolina 601,868
30 Chet Culver Iowa 565,657
31 Kathleen Sebelius Kansas 480,532
32 Jon Huntsman, Jr. Utah 473,814
33 Joe Manchin West Virginia 472,758
34 Dave Heineman Nebraska 435,507
35 Mike Beebe Arkansas 422,198
36 Haley Barbour Mississippi 415,512
37 Bill Richardson New Mexico 384,806
38 John Lynch New Hampshire 289,677
39 Jim Gibbons Nevada 278,998
40 Butch Otter Idaho 237,437
41 Brian Schweitzer Montana 225,016
42 John Hoeven North Dakota 220,803
43 Linda Lingle Hawaii 215,313
44 Mike Rounds South Dakota 207,000
45 John Baldacci Maine 206,991
46 Don Carcieri Rhode Island 197,013
47 Ruth Ann Minner Delaware 185,687
48 Jim Douglas Vermont 148,014
49 Dave Freudenthal Wyoming 135,516
50 Sarah Palin Alaska 114,697

* running mate of Spitzer


Comments



51 Gerry Connolly Fairfax County Board of Supervisors 113,830 n/t (Randy Klear - 8/31/2008 2:13:10 PM)


I'd prefer percentages. (Tiderion - 9/1/2008 10:37:59 PM)
Positive votes is meaningless when California and New York have so many more people.