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[/caption]Carol Forsloff - According
to recent polls, citizens across the country rank Bobby Jindal among
the top three Governors in the United States. How people are able to
make that decision is truly what is interesting.
Jindal, according to the Public Policy Poll
ranks #2 on the list of the nation's governors but is actually #1
because Joe Manchin from West Virginia is leaving his post this year.
Here are the rankings:
| Governor | Approval | Spread |
| Joe Manchin (D-WV) | 70/22 | 48 |
| Bobby Jindal (R-LA) | 58/34 | 24 |
| Jodi Rell (R-CT) | 55/31 | 24 |
| Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) | 55/33 | 22 |
| Jack Markell (D-DE) | 50/32 | 18 |
| Sean Parnell (R-AK) | 51/35 | 16 |
| Steve Beshear (D-KY) | 48/34 | 14 |
| Jay Nixon (D-MO) | 44/30 | 14 |
| John Lynch (D-NH) | 51/39 | 12 |
| Charlie Crist (I-FL) | 50/39 | 11 |
| Bob McDonnell (R-VA) | 44/36 | 8 |
| Linda Lingle (R-HI) | 46/45 | 1 |
| Rick Perry (R-TX) | 45/45 | Even |
| Deval Patrick (D-MA) | 45/45 | Even |
| Martin O’Malley (D-MD) | 42/43 | -1 |
| Ted Strickland (D-OH) | 39/44 | -5 |
| Bev Perdue (D-NC) | 35/44 | -9 |
| Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) | 43/53 | -10 |
| Christine Gregoire (D-WA) | 40/53 | -13 |
| Bill Ritter (D-CO) | 35/50 | -15 |
| Ted Kulongoski (D-OR) | 34/52 | -18 |
| Ed Rendell (D-PA) | 34/53 | -19 |
| Jim Doyle (D-WI) | 36/56 | -20 |
| Pat Quinn (D-IL) | 32/54 | -22 |
| Jennifer Granholm (D-MI) | 34/57 | -23 |
| David Paterson (D-NY) | 30/55 | -25 |
| John Baldacci (D-ME) | 29/58 | -29 |
| Jim Gibbons (R-NV) | 25/61 | -36 |
| Bill Richardson (D-NM) | 27/64 | -37 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) | 25/63 | -38 |
