States That Elected Republican Governors Had Highest Drop in Unemployment

States That Elected Republican Governors Had Highest Drop in Unemployment

States That Elected Republican Governors Had Highest Drop in Unemployment

This shows that the Republicans and the Tea Party Patriots know what they are doing when it comes to putting people back to work, despite Obama and the Democrat’s attempts to put everyone on welfare and food stamps.

In 2010, influenced by the Tea Party and its focus on fiscal issues, 17 states elected Republican governors. And, according to an Examiner.com analysis, every one of those states saw a drop in their unemployment rates since January of 2011. Furthermore, the average drop in the unemployment rate in these states was 1.35%, compared to the national decline of .9%, which means, according to the analysis, that the job market in these Republican states is improving 50% faster than the national rate.

Since January of 2011, here is how much the unemployment rate declined in each of the 17 states that elected Republican governors in 2010, according to the Examiner:

Kansas – 6.9% to 6.1% = a decline of 0.8%

Maine – 8.0% to 7.4% = a decline of 0.6%

Michigan –



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