“Based on these percentages, it can be said that the job market in states with new Republican governors is improving a full 50% faster than the job market nationally.” That’s the bottom line of a new article out today in The Examiner. 17 states elected new Republican governors in November 2010. Since they took office in January 2011, they have vastly outperformed their Democrat counterparts. “This is yet another example of how the so-called ‘blue state’ model is not working,” said Tony Lee of Breitbart.com.
Since Governor Bentley and the new Republican majority in the legislature took over in January 2011, Alabama has experienced an almost 2 percentage point decline in the unemployment rate which is a 20.4% decrease overall — one of the fastest drops in the nation.
Another statistic of note in the numbers below is South Dakota’s unemployment rate which currently stands at 4.3%. If you ever wondered what America might look like with a TRUE all-of-the-above energy strategy, look no further than South Dakota.
Here are the numbers for the 17 states with newly elected Republican governors. Percentages were added thanks to the fine folks at Breitbart.com.
1. Oklahoma – 6.2% to 4.8% = a decline of [1.4 percentage points – (22.6 percent)]
2. Michigan – 10.9% to 8.5% = a decline of [2.4 percentage points (22 percent)]
3. Florida – 10.9% to 8.6% = a decline of [2.3 percentage points (21 percent)]
4. Alabama – 9.3% to 7.4% = a decline of [1.9 percentage points (20.4 percent)]
5. Ohio – 9.0% to 7.3% = a decline of [1.7 percentage points (18.9 percent)]
6. Wyoming – 6.3% to 5.2% = a decline of [1.1 percentage points (17.5 percent)]
7. Tennessee – 9.5% to 7.9% = a decline of [1.6 percentage points (16.8 percent)]
8. Iowa – 6.1% to 5.1% = a decline of [1.0 percentage points (16.4 percent)]
9. Nevada – 13.8% to 11.6% = a decline of [2.2 percentage points (15.9 percent)]
10. South Carolina – 10.6% to 9.1% = a decline of [1.5 percentage points (14.2 percent)]
11. South Dakota – 5.0% to 4.3% = a decline of [0.7 percentage points (14 percent)]
12. New Mexico – 7.7% to 6.7% = a decline of [1.0 percentage points (13 percent)]
13. Wisconsin – 7.7% to 6.8% = a decline of [0.9 percentage points (11.9 percent)]
14. Georgia – 10.1% to 8.9% = a decline of [1.2 percentage points (11.9 percent)]
15. Kansas – 6.9% to 6.1% = a decline of 0.8 [percentage points (11.6 percent)]
16. Maine – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6 [percentage points (7.5 percent)]
17. Pennsylvania – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of [.6 percentage points (7.5 percent)]
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